The Republic of Lacuma is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Campos Sales with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 11.476 billion Lacumans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basilica. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lacuman economy, worth a remarkable 1,483 trillion tolars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,277 tolars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers, the Lacuman basket weaving sector is on the brink of collapse as cheap imports flood the market, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and the travel industry is booming as pregnant women book tickets for "weekend trips" overseas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lacuma's national animal is the Lacuman Condor, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lacuma is ranked 40,742^nd in the world and 73^rd in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 175.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.