The United Isles of Lawteria is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Harrington Lockhart with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.532 billion Lawterians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

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 63.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lawterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,613 trillion Ecoliths a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 247,070 Ecoliths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, most ambassadors from Lawteria retire only a few years after being appointed, funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room, and daydreaming on public transport is considered impolite. 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 312,540^th in the world and 394^th in United Kingdom for Most Primitive, scoring -595.78 on the Scary Big Number Scale.