The Kingdom of Lawrencez is a huge, safe nation, ruled by King Lawrence XI with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 898 million Lawrencezians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyto. The average income tax rate is 45.5%.

The very strong Lawrencezian economy, worth 52.1 trillion bars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 58,049 bars, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Scrapyards are filled with King Lawrence XI's face, corruption is a game of two halves, the government is reining in public spending, and trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lawrencez's national animal is the Barn Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Lawrencez is ranked 56,088^th in the world and 819^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,666.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.