The Social-Democratic Republic of St Laurent is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ivette Forcalquier with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.819 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 64.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Laurentian economy, worth 193 trillion livres a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,641 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 104,987^th in the world and 218^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,277.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.