The United Isles of Lawteria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Harrington Lockhart with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.295 billion Lawterians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oceanova. The average income tax rate is 55.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Lawterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,262 trillion Ecoliths a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 238,345 Ecoliths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, the country behaves just like a group of independent provinces all stacked up under a trench coat, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, and spies caught in Lawteria are never heard from again. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lawteria's national animal is the Green Sea Turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lawteria is ranked 3,323^rd in the world and 10^th in United Kingdom for Highest Food Quality, scoring 237.7 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.