The Communities of Love And Hatred is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Web of Assemblies with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.48 billion Lovtredians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Origin. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lovtredian economy, worth 508 trillion Loves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 146,212 Loves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Undergrads find their professors' mushroom experiments less psychedelic than expected, selfie stick use is a required Scout badge, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', and Air Love And Hatred is rumored to receive more government funding than the Lovtredian Air Force. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Love And Hatred's national animal is the Melanocor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Love And Hatred is ranked 17,141^st in the world and 773^rd in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,134.17 pounds of wildlife per square mile.