The Country in Civil War of Lugarvatn is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Mia I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.295 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 24.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Lugarvat economy, worth 176 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 136,136 Lugarvat Rubies, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, farm turkeys are given high doses of antidepressants to take their minds off the holiday season, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, and cheap and tasteless vegetables flood the markets. 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 121,613^th in the world and 3,175^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.68 law-abiding acts per hour.