The Lithium of Li is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 19.924 billion Lians 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 Education. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lian economy, worth a remarkable 3,112 trillion Powers 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. 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 impressive 156,229 Powers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, a positive GPA is all it takes to get an elite education, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Li's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Li is ranked 315,969^th in the world and 11^th in The Castle for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 14.57 on the Kitten Softness Rating.