The Red and Gold Republic of Llorens is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Fraser Zilberschlag with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.416 billion Llorenians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zexaro. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Llorenian economy, worth 650 trillion llorençs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 147,395 llorençs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, the horniness of the great-horned loquito is considered a national priority, and earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Llorens's national animal is the loquito, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Llorens is ranked 37,542^nd in the world and 58^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 72.24 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.