The Union of Lumination is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by General Final Red with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 39.917 billion Luminationians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortress Lumine. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Luminationian economy, worth an astonishing 10,427 trillion olzes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 261,229 olzes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 820,482 per year while the poor average 63,682, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, cave paintings are back in vogue, foreign football clubs wave the Luminationian flag before every game, and Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Lumination's national animal is the moose cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the state.

Lumination is ranked 330,493^rd in the world and 3^rd in Zetegen for Nicest Citizens, with 0.15 average smiles per day.