The People's Republic of The Peoples Republic of Lamadia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by The Patriarch with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, barren, inhospitable landscape, and conspicuous electricity pylons. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 987 million Lamadians 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 juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nieltzche. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lamadian economy, worth 125 trillion Fendants 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. 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 impressive 127,088 Fendants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, most pop videos prominently feature the Lamadian flag, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Peoples Republic of Lamadia's national animal is the Siberian Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Peoples Republic of Lamadia is ranked 136,890^th in the world and 345^th in The Leftist Assembly for Safest, scoring 66.33 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.