The Holy Empire of Luminethra is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, disturbing lack of elderly people, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 656 million Luminethrans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.3%.

The powerhouse Luminethran economy, worth 70.9 trillion Lumins 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. 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 108,062 Lumins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 459,495 per year while the poor average 16,367, a ratio of 28.1 to 1.

Charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, the sun now sets on the Luminethran Empire, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, and Goldilocks has found a lucrative career as a zoning consultant. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luminethra's national animal is the Moon Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Luminethra is ranked 266,027^th in the world and 479^th in Starlight for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.