The Democratic Republic of Lavinea is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, hatred of cheese, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 12 million Lavineans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Lavinean economy, worth 350 billion vacoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 29,189 vacoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, the nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel, arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands, and the might of the nation's military are undertaking a long march to colonisation in Brasilistan. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lavinea's national animal is the elk.

Lavinea is ranked 158,466^th in the world and 2,512^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 357 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.