The Empire of Lurolona is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Raphtalia Iwatani with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 8.675 billion Lurolonans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rock Valley. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Lurolonan economy, worth a remarkable 1,456 trillion Denarii a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,940 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Lurolona's radio stations, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lurolona's national animal is the Tanuki, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Four Heroes Church.

Lurolona is ranked 5,419^th in the world and 152^nd in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,250.39 pounds of wildlife per square mile.