The Republic of Lorissa is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.716 billion Lorissans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 24.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lorissan economy, worth 278 trillion dinars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 162,470 dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Lorissan citizenship in droves, and dinosaur breeders have a yabba-dabba-doo gay old time in Lorissa. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lorissa's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lorissa is ranked 12,210^th in the world and 211^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 368.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.