The Empire of Luretel is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by money mike with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.656 billion Luretelians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of hyperion central. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Luretelian economy, worth 262 trillion kershes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 158,478 kershes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sentient AIs face their watery graves with a fixed smile, Money mike has been known to make speeches in fishing waders, politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets, and satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness. Crime is totally unknown. Luretel's national animal is the god, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is science.

Luretel is ranked 201,820^th in the world and 30^th in Newlandia for Most Extreme, scoring 15 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.