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The Republic of Lorissa is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, flagrant waste-dumping, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.18 billion Lorissans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government prioritizes Industry, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 6.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Lorissan economy, worth 607 trillion Lorissan Dinars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 190,955 Lorissan Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

A paperwork error has naval privateers being directed to attack land-locked nations, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, the most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita, and the official Lorissan Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime is totally unknown. Lorissa's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lorissa is ranked 8,567^th in the world and 181^st in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 126 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.