The Republic of Latvolbans is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Rauls Kalnins with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 3.186 billion Latvolbanians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Portaluz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Latvolbanian economy, worth 375 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 117,702 Credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 502,613 per year while the poor average 17,697, a ratio of 28.4 to 1.

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others, the comic book series 'Rauls Kalnins and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, and everyone seems to be pushing the buttons of AIs. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Latvolbans's national animal is the Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Latvolbans is ranked 74,458^th in the world and 31^st in Astellaria for Highest Drug Use, scoring 224.33 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.