The Alpenlicht of Loruens is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.673 billion Loruensians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Loruensian economy, worth 583 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 124,875 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 353,990 per year while the poor average 35,205, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

Riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, taxpayer money is hard at work exorcizing laundry, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, and the government airlifts sacrificial lambs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Loruens's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Loruens is ranked 82,255^th in the world and 15^th in Alpenwelt for Safest, scoring 90.6 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.