The United Socialist States of Luctaria is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 311 million Luctarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Luctarian economy, worth 9.87 trillion Sisterian Peoses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 31,740 Sisterian Peoses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Max Barry is this year's Miss Luctaria, everybody's got wood thanks to Leader, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and destitute athletes are forced to train in the street. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luctaria's national animal is the Jackalope, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Luctaria is ranked 172,966^th in the world and 464^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -1 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.