The Communities of Love And Hatred is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Web of Assemblies with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.475 billion Lovtredians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Origin. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lovtredian economy, worth 503 trillion Loves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 144,865 Loves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers are equipped with multi-million Love battlesuits, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Love And Hatred's national animal is the Melanocor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Love And Hatred is ranked 276,294^th in the world and 5,806^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.16 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.