The Kingdom of Lavem is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Bruinith the Eternal with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 2.715 billion Lavemians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caelene. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lavemian economy, worth 272 trillion turrels a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 100,439 turrels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, major cities are suffering under water rationing, vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry, and school kids who pretend to drive imaginary cars get a social worker and a police observer assigned to them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lavem's national animal is the bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Eternalism.

Lavem is ranked 13,400^th in the world and 14^th in Caer Sidi for Most Developed, scoring 88.27 on the Human Development Index.