The Federation of Laurentrum is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 458 million Laurentians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laurynth. The average income tax rate is 44.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laurentian economy, worth 47.4 trillion Laurels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,601 Laurels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Information Technology facilities are being turned into North Laurentian Double-headed Eagle habitats, students do more community service than homework, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, and almost every singles' party has a clergy and courtesans theme. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laurentrum's national animal is the North Laurentian Double-headed Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Laurentrum is ranked 237,817^th in the world and 4,268^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 47.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.