The Queen's State of Lomarwood is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The humorless population of 32.733 billion Lomarwoodians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The minute, socially-minded government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 7.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but underdeveloped Lomarwoodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,137 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,759 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

None has been named as Lomarwood's national religion, Lomarwood has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, the Governor has just been declared ruler of Lomarwood in an international press conference, and motorway service stations often have a higher population than the hinterland villages that the roads lead to. Crime is almost non-existent. Lomarwood's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Lomarwood is ranked 161,811^th in the world and 2^nd in Illinois for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.99 law-abiding acts per hour.