The Democratic Republic of Loverstan is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 69 million Loverstanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Loverstanian economy, worth 739 billion Denarii 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 10,712 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The countryside is shrouded by wind farms, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, and it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Loverstan's national animal is the Great Tit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Loverstan is ranked 320,948^th in the world and 4,550^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -8.67 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.