The Federation of Federation of Great Lake States is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 336 million Great Lakers 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Detroit. The average income tax rate is 27.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Great Laker economy, worth 23.2 trillion crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,907 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The death penalty has been reintroduced, a government program is underway to revitalize Federation of Great Lake States's beaches, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Federation of Great Lake States to be bombproof, and the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federation of Great Lake States's national animal is the brook trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Federation of Great Lake States is ranked 35,854^th in the world and 568^th in the South Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,191.84 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.