The Sovereign Multiconfederacy of Lugarvatn is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by and you can't stop us with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.323 billion Lugarvats live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Madeline - District Of. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Lugarvat economy, worth 180 trillion Lugarvat Rubies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 136,603 Lugarvat Rubies, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

The immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, high school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers, economists confusingly list "fusarium rot and leaf blight" as major risk factors for monetary deflation, and old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lugarvatn's national animal is the Cheetah, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Orthodoxy.

Lugarvatn is ranked 13,380^th in the world and 574^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 107 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.