The Armed Republic of Ekygon is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Lucky with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.064 billion Ekygonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kongora. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ekygonian economy, worth 920 trillion Yans 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. 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 amazing 226,474 Yans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Finders keepers is the law of the land, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, and Lucky has been known to make speeches in fishing waders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ekygon's national animal is the Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ekygon is ranked 142,246^th in the world and 35^th in Thaecia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 38,727.14 Standard Monetary Units.