The Spanish Imperial Monarchy of Luzela is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by King Erick I with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.597 billion Spaniards 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Madrid. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Luzelan economy, worth 516 trillion Doubloons 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, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 143,514 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, all beauty contests have been banned, and "To Hell or to Marshland" is a common settler cry directed at native Brasilistanis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luzela's national animal is the Iberian Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Luzela is ranked 34,944^th in the world and 1,710^th in Osiris for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,294.15 on the Hickory Productivity Index.