The Empire of Lobster Empire is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 13.288 billion Lobsters are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.6%.

The strong Lobster Empirean economy, worth 687 trillion crabcakeses a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 51,751 crabcakeses, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and Bigtopian relations have become a minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lobster Empire's national animal is the lobster, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lobster Empire is ranked 142,033^rd in the world and 6,675^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.69 law-abiding acts per hour.