The United States of Lauramerica is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, ritual sacrifices, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working population of 510 million Lauramericans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Billington. The average income tax rate is 29.7%.

The powerhouse Lauramerican economy, worth 45.8 trillion Laramerican dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 89,822 Laramerican dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, and Lauramerican farm salmon are known for being both horribly diseased and remarkably acrobatic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lauramerica's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lauramerica is ranked 167,300^th in the world and 6,866^th in the South Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.48 percentage of bribes refused.