The Republic of Luxta Mare is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.338 billion Luxtienses 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Enaburg. The average income tax rate is 59.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Luxtiense economy, worth 49.7 trillion Athenas a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,170 Athenas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes, people can't decide between preserving forests and buying print copies of 'Dogman Versus The Giggler', and legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luxta Mare's national animal is the Ice Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Luxta Mare is ranked 196,050^th in the world and 159^th in Wintreath for Largest Populations, with 1.34 billion capita.