The Woodhouse Sanctum of LoSON-1 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed population of 23.722 billion LoSON-1ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 27.8%.

The LoSON-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,179 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,717 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, the ban on cars has been repealed, corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products, and many marriages go virtually unconsummated. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. LoSON-1's national animal is the ^-^, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

LoSON-1 is ranked 181,867^th in the world and 1^st in League of Slightly Oppressive Nations for Most Primitive, scoring -71.76 on the Scary Big Number Scale.