The People's Republic of Lormonia is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 29 million Lormonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Lormonian economy, worth 425 billion loras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Average income is 14,659 loras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, abattoirs are struggling with the directive to 'wait until the animal dies of a ripe old age', both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lormonia's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lormonia is ranked 54,011^th in the world and 251^st in Refugia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 668.49 pounds of wildlife per square mile.