Nation/Lola Veela

The Utilitarian Society of Lola Veela is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Miss Naomi with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed population of 2.9 billion 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.

Her name is Sarai.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snow-Town. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

I love her.

CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, strategic bombers are being converted into preschools, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Lola Veela to be bombproof. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lola Veela's national animal is the Long Tail Albino Weasel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dollera.

~Neo-Astaritin