The Royal Federation of Laurenthea is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.079 billion Laurentheans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Couronne. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The powerhouse Laurenthean economy, worth 89.0 trillion Laurenthean Pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 82,506 Laurenthean Pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 237,625 per year while the poor average 22,752, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens, the endangered saltwater humpback Golden Eagle is only seen in captivity programs, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', and some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Laurenthea's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Laurenthea is ranked 69,798^th in the world and 243^rd in The Free Nations Region for Most Beautiful Environments, with 602.6 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.