The Syndicalist Federations of Lorthanien is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Kastjan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 21.435 billion Lorthanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lorthograd. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lorthanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,518 trillion Rubleys a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 117,485 Rubleys, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, Lorthograd University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, and the media seems excessively interested in what Kastjan is wearing this season. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lorthanien's national animal is the Salmon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lorthanien is ranked 41,593^rd in the world and 297^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 206.81 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.