The United kingdom of Latviana is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader francis with an even hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, otherworldly petting zoo, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, devout population of 2.188 billion Latvianans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aberdeen. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Latvianan economy, worth 178 trillion Pounds a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,550 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Max Barry is this year's Miss Latviana, the newest shade developed by Latviana's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', gambling is outlawed, and public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Latviana's national animal is the Cheetar, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Latviana is ranked 24,929^th in the world and 741^st in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 78.88 on the Human Development Index.