The Paradise of Yesterday of Lupercalia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lupo with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 3.846 billion Lupercalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Siracuso. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lupercalian economy, worth 368 trillion golden lupoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 95,761 golden lupoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Deli patrons examine their roast beef for undetonated explosives, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, and euthanasia is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lupercalia's national animal is the lupo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lupercalia is ranked 178,737^th in the world and 14^th in Abraxas for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 366.73 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.