The Federal Republic of Great Lothian is a massive, genial nation, ruled by BlockBuster2K43 with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.754 billion Great Lothianians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edinburgh. The average income tax rate is 73.0%.

The powerhouse Great Lothianian economy, worth 132 trillion Marks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,432 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, sniffer dogs check train passengers for body odour, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Lothian's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Great Lothian is ranked 71,998^th in the world and 1,752^nd in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 37.85 quips per hour.