The Empire of Lorb is a very large, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and enforced nudity. The hard-working, cynical population of 353 million Lorbians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 17.7%.

The strong Lorbian economy, worth 22.0 trillion orbs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 62,286 orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sick Lorbians are hair today and gone tomorrow, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lorb's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lorb is ranked 107,889^th in the world and 1^st in Paradise Of Unions for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 4,868.79 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.