The Republic of Lowssen is a huge, genial nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 289 million Lowssenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 16.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Lowssenian economy, worth 12.6 trillion Monds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,685 Monds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Police conduct weekly raids looking for contraband cheeseburgers, high school principals regularly send armed truancy patrols to drag problem students to school, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, and people find it hard to relate to soldiers because of the dehumanising masks they wear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lowssen's national animal is the Bantha.

Lowssen is ranked 113,551^st in the world and 4,651^st in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 17.94 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.