The Republic of La Lune is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its frequent executions and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 854 million La Luneans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.4%.

The La Lunean economy, worth 33.0 trillion yans a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 38,607 yans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Lune's national animal is the cat.

La Lune is ranked 181,150^th in the world and 2,369^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.32 law-abiding acts per hour.