The Federal Stratocracy of Laskaltine is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Letto with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.558 billion Laskals have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strasbourg. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laskadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,318 trillion Euros a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,063 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, ride-sharing often involves some passengers sitting on the roof rack, back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, and droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laskaltine's national animal is the German Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Luxtriunism.

Laskaltine is ranked 302,571^st in the world and 86^th in Lands End for Most Pacifist, with 6.57 cheeks turned per day.