The Irenic Empire of Laurennia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Most Serene Empress Zælia I with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.831 billion Laurennians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laurenbourg. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Laurennian economy, worth a remarkable 2,504 trillion Laurins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 181,052 Laurins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, the aims of top-secret Laurennian science projects revolve around designing the perfect robot woman, and Laurennians suffer not the eggplant emoji to live. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laurennia's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Laureism.

Laurennia is ranked 289,277^th in the world and 38^th in New Western Atlantic for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -24.85 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.