The Commonwealth of Lower Lsana Jes is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by High Emperor Silas with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.837 billion Lower Lsana Jesians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lsana. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lower Lsana Jesian economy, worth 253 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 137,972 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The suicide rate mysteriously skyrockets during census years, conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, caps with skulls on them are the height of fashion, and posters encourage people to "Just Do It!". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lower Lsana Jes's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Silans.

Lower Lsana Jes is ranked 266,547^th in the world and 5,458^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -219 on the Scary Big Number Scale.