The Commonwealth of Lantros is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Missail Caiban with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and national health service. The hard-nosed population of 16.628 billion Lantrosians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edaz. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lantrosian economy, worth a remarkable 2,901 trillion Veyons a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,493 Veyons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, and sex-ed is child's play. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lantros's national animal is the Sea-Monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Satanism.

Lantros is ranked 3,244^th in the world and 70^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 679.04 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.