The Grand Duchy of The Most Esteemed Followers of Laffey is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Duke Sir Waffle of IHOP with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.135 billion Cannon Fodder are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortress Rubicon. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Cannon Fodder economy, worth 607 trillion Torpedo Juice Tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 284,599 Torpedo Juice Tokens, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, the relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad, all writing must pass a censorship board before being allowed on the shelves, and the only places to see Cataphract Squids now are at local zoos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Most Esteemed Followers of Laffey's national animal is the Cataphract Squid, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Most Esteemed Followers of Laffey is ranked 262,027^th in the world and 2^nd in Sector Eight of the Homeworld for Safest, scoring 14.96 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.