The Precious Gemnation of Lhuurznhaline is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Vanessa Darklight with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory vegetarianism, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.446 billion Lhuurznhalineans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tourmalinia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Lhuurznhalinean economy, worth a remarkable 3,736 trillion Tourmalines 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 357,687 Tourmalines, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime is totally unknown. Lhuurznhaline's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cult of Books.

Lhuurznhaline is ranked 1,096^th in the world and 17^th in Jeinnhezslhaunia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 167.86 law-abiding acts per hour.