The Republic of Guardian Layla is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.345 billion Guardian Laylans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.2%.

The very strong Guardian Laylan economy, worth 332 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,492 Bits, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, being able to unblock a u-bend pipe is considered a universally essential skill, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, and citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guardian Layla's national animal is the Pony, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Guardian Layla is ranked 67,475^th in the world and 2^nd in Spitfire for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,680.39 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.