The Lurking Echolocating Whales of Hymnlied is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Queen Alki II with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 7.484 billion Hymnliederen are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ocea. The average income tax rate is 41.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hymnlieder economy, worth 321 trillion euros a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 43,003 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Unsolved crimes are often pinned on veterans with PTSD, strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hymnlied's national animal is the mockingbird, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Aça.

Hymnlied is ranked 168,262^nd in the world and 1^st in Odrya for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 574.52 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.