The Kingdom of Lorane is a fledgling, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6 million Loraneans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.

The very strong Loranean economy, worth 398 billion Concords a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 66,422 Concords, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,258 per year while the poor average 9,307, a ratio of 31.7 to 1.

Finders keepers is the law of the land, the death penalty has been reintroduced, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime is a problem. Lorane's national animal is the Capybara, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lorane is ranked 257,804^th in the world and 1,880^th in the West Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 94.76 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.