The Principality of Lucera is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Prince Lorenzo I Ranieri with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 14.025 billion Lucerini 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lucera. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lucerino economy, worth a remarkable 1,303 trillion quinariuses a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,940 quinariuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Lucerino citizenship, families make most of their annual income from government benefits, and prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lucera's national animal is the lioness, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lucera is ranked 305,641^st in the world and 24^th in ITALIA for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.28 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.