The Republic of Louiterre is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Ernest Rousseau with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.402 billion Louiterran hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marion. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Louitais economy, worth 343 trillion marques a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,037 marques, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Louiterre's national animal is the possum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Louiterre is ranked 19,343^rd in the world and 64^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,049.23 pounds of wildlife per square mile.