The Grand Duchy of Liesse is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 147 million Liesseans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 49.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Liessean economy, worth 13.3 trillion Royals a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,374 Royals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs, the citizenship exam requires years of study to actually pass, trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages, and the only science is political science. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Liesse's national animal is the Horse.

Liesse is ranked 93,434^th in the world and 12^th in Rosaria for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 12,269.38 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.