The Kingdom of Lorane is a tiny, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8 million Loraneans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The very strong Loranean economy, worth 530 billion Concords a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 66,323 Concords, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, the government has implemented minimum wage laws, mandatory state-funded classes teach Libertarianism, and internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Lorane's national animal is the Capybara, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lorane is ranked 77,264^th in the world and 747^th in the West Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,705.67 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.