The Social-Democratic Republic of St Laurent is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ivette Forcalquier with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.706 billion Laurentians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frontenac. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Laurentian economy, worth 200 trillion livres a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,077 livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, grandiose stage parents insist superyachts and private cinemas are children's basic needs, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and light entertainment isn't dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Laurent's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Liberation Unitarianism.

St Laurent is ranked 52,833^rd in the world and 123^rd in Concord for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.4 law-abiding acts per hour.