The Republic of Lukande is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 62 million Lukandeans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Lukandean economy, worth 913 billion Lukandic Laris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 14,726 Lukandic Laris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs, there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, postcards from Lukandean driving test centres are popular souvenirs, and the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lukande's national animal is the panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lukande is ranked 176,518^th in the world and 675^th in Talonia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 119.35 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.