The Federation of Federation of Great Lake States is a huge, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 362 million Great Lakers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Detroit. The average income tax rate is 26.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Great Laker economy, worth 25.4 trillion crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,280 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, tardiness has increased after carpooling was classified as a criminal offense, citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, and forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federation of Great Lake States's national animal is the brook trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Federation of Great Lake States is ranked 218,809^th in the world and 3,385^th in the South Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 514.11 milliStalins.