The Empire of Luka Metharia is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, devout population of 36 million Luka Metharians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Luka Metharian economy, worth 1.52 trillion bills a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 42,172 bills, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Luka Metharia's national animal is the horse.

Luka Metharia is ranked 214,142^nd in the world and 723^rd in Concord for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 32,261.6 Standard Monetary Units.