The Holy Red Region of Lagoon is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Sagittarius with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.056 billion Archers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hourglass. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lagoonian economy, worth 521 trillion ♪♫♪s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,983 ♪♫♪s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition, and government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lagoon's national animal is the Star Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Major Religion.

Lagoon is ranked 98,183^rd in the world and 1,201^st in the West Pacific for Most Politically Free, scoring 67.14 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.