The Federation of Lugubrio is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic population of 706 million Lugubrioans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Lugubrioan economy, worth 63.1 trillion Unos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 89,369 Unos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, the nation doesn't need to go to war in order to acquire new territory, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lugubrio's national animal is the Terrapin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lugubrio is ranked 181,041^st in the world and 3,985^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 21.46 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.