The Holy Technocratic Federation of Laudesia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Director Santa Claus Luther Cook with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 23.616 billion Laudesians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole Holmond. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Laudesian economy, worth an astonishing 12,216 trillion Gold Candy Cane Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 517,290 Gold Candy Cane Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, Director Santa Claus Luther Cook steals from the rich and gives to the needy, there is something rotten in the state of Laudesia, and more than one company makes the board game Monopoly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laudesia's national animal is the Lion Elf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Laudesia is ranked 449^th in the world and 9^th in the West Pacific for Most Secular, with 99.22 Atheism Rate.