The Solist Empire of Lenlyvit is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical population of 23.203 billion Lenlyvitians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solistaria. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Lenlyvitian economy, worth a remarkable 3,390 trillion Lens a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 146,116 Lens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Cops in Solistaria spend much of their time napping on a park bench next to Embassy Row, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, the strong are acquitted and the weak are trampled in trial by a Lenlyvalk, and the temple hierarchy have found that endorsements are even more lucrative than indulgences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lenlyvit's national animal is the Lenlyvalk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Solism.

Lenlyvit is ranked 8,992^nd in the world and 8^th in The Hole To Hide In for Nicest Citizens, with 33.49 average smiles per day.