The Kingdom of Laurentika is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 297 million Laurentikans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 9.2%.

The strong Laurentikan economy, worth 19.2 trillion Talents of silver a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 64,703 Talents of silver, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Laurentika's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Laurentika is ranked 112,472^nd in the world and 158^th in KAISERREICH for Safest, scoring 77.22 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.