The Protectorate of Last Harbor is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 180 million Last Harborians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Administration, Welfare, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The strong Last Harborian economy, worth 10.0 trillion waves a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,701 waves, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,448 per year while the poor average 5,795, a ratio of 49.9 to 1.

There's a mortuary next to every Last Harborian restaurant, it's usual for grandparents to stay in the family home with their descendants but younger children are often frightened of them, citizens pray for sunshine so that they can use illicit sundials for timekeeping, and students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50. Crime is a serious problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Last Harbor's national animal is the trout.

Last Harbor is ranked 275,829^th in the world and 10^th in The United Colonies of Blue Harbor for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -6.24 on the Hickory Productivity Index.