The Most Serene Republic of Lihnoy is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chudderson Jakwad with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.701 billion Lihnoyshuns are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shiraq. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lihnoyian economy, worth 192 trillion Linkens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 112,623 Linkens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, autocrats are persona non grata, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lihnoy's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lihnoy is ranked 10,097^th in the world and 88^th in Europeia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 6,956.26 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.