The Principality of Lucera is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Prince Lorenzo I Ranieri with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 8.894 billion Lucerini are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lucera. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lucerino economy, worth 850 trillion gold grains a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,573 gold grains, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit, and middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lucera's national animal is the lioness, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lucera is ranked 251,692^nd in the world and 13^th in ITALIA for Most Primitive, scoring -156.82 on the Scary Big Number Scale.