The Empire of East Lucania is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its national health service, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.089 billion East Lucanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alder Ridge. The average income tax rate is 35.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse East Lucanian economy, worth 235 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,961 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime is totally unknown. East Lucania's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Lucania is ranked 21,409^th in the world and 1,129^th in Osiris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,426.07 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.