The Republic of EVIL LUMA is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 167 million EVIL LUMAians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant EVIL LUMAian economy, worth 3.40 trillion evil sharks 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 led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 20,355 evil sharks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making EVIL LUMAians any less frightened, homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, and auctioneers practice saying "lightly used tank" with a straight face. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EVIL LUMA's national animal is the eviler shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

EVIL LUMA is ranked 313,477^th in the world and 250^th in Refugia for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 0.17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.