The Community of The Lake Lands is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning Tadpole population. The hard-working, democratic population of 4.248 billion Lake Landsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lake Nasty. The average income tax rate is 16.8%.

The Lake Landsian economy, worth 248 trillion Pennyweights a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 58,589 Pennyweights, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The WhoTube comments section has gone strangely quiet, the end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, the moral worth of national allies is judged by their GDP, and Leader has just been declared ruler of The Lake Lands in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown. The Lake Lands's national animal is the Tadpole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Lake Lands is ranked 251,685^th in the world and 3^rd in Where the Wild Things Are for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 16.76 Effective Tax Rate.