The Immortal Republic of Lusanko is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Overseer Asmo Turving with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 815 million Lusankos are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kerenska. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lusankian economy, worth 102 trillion Vlancs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,999 Vlancs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blueriver mercenaries routinely do the army's dirty work, preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, and Overseer Asmo Turving's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lusanko's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lusanko is ranked 173,006^th in the world and 276^th in The League for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,515.78 Standard Monetary Units.