The Most Serene Republic of Lupusterra is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 425 million Lupusterrans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moon City. The average income tax rate is 26.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Lupusterran economy, worth 46.0 trillion Wolframs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,236 Wolframs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders, and birth rates have hit an all-time low. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lupusterra's national animal is the Nivalwarg, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lupusterra is ranked 71,532^nd in the world and 1,293^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,377.66 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.