The Federation of Lavrentia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 304 million Lavrentians 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 government prioritizes Spirituality, although Welfare, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Social Policy isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 21.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Lavrentian economy, worth 16.0 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 52,640 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Lavrentian roads, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, and heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-mark treacle machine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lavrentia's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lavrentia is ranked 129,368^th in the world and 2,536^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.88 law-abiding acts per hour.