The Dominion of Lasca Irilian is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Lorsen Cinistae with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.874 billion Cairhienians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cairhien. The average income tax rate is 88.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Cairhienense economy, worth 572 trillion Engranes a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,712 Engranes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government pours millions of Engranes into rehabilitation programs annually, death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", it's always rabbit season, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lasca Irilian's national animal is the White snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Blades of the Darkmoon Covenant.

Lasca Irilian is ranked 9,968^th in the world and 487^th in Osiris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 12,998.43 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.