The Democratic States of Luctanhury is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Lux with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.121 billion Luctans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Lucas. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Luctan economy, worth 131 trillion Lucrans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 117,683 Lucrans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The rich and poor vomit into separate bags, only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise President Lux on Luctanhury's coulrophobia epidemic, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, and octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luctanhury's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Sinless.

Luctanhury is ranked 202,924^th in the world and 7,542^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -6.32 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.