The Protectorate of Latvia and Saaremaa alt account is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.522 billion Exiled Latvians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riga. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Latvia and Saaremaa alt accountian economy, worth 476 trillion lats 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. 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 an impressive 188,875 lats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million lats of property damage, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, and the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions. Crime is totally unknown. Latvia and Saaremaa alt account's national animal is the magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Latvia and Saaremaa alt account is ranked 9,521^st in the world and 9^th in Callista for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 405.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.