The State of Lowchester is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 41.32 billion Lowchesterians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The thriving Lowchesterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,876 trillion betales a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 45,412 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, Lowchester has designated District City as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Lowchester in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Lowchester's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lowchester is ranked 239,631^st in the world and 1^st in Lowchester for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.