The Republic of The reformed great lakes is a huge, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, rampant corporate plagiarism, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, devout population of 584 million lakesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lansing. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The reformed great lakesian economy, worth 34.2 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,621 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

When you fly on Air The reformed great lakes you win a seat or you die, fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget, Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget, and the canal flows through the land like a twisty turny thing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The reformed great lakes's national animal is the squid dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

The reformed great lakes is ranked 289,803^rd in the world and 5,466^th in The North Pacific for Nudest, with 29.25 cheeks per square mile.