The People's Republic of Greater Lavoss is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 315 million Lavossians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moslav. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Greater Lavossian economy, worth 25.7 trillion Lavs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 81,509 Lavs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, solar death ray construction will commence as soon as it rains Lavs, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, and jury duty means front row seats to a spectacular show. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Lavoss's national animal is the Manul Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Greater Lavoss is ranked 86,624^th in the world and 3^rd in Polar South for Most Developed, scoring 65.07 on the Human Development Index.