The Federal Republic of Lion118 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 762 million Lion118ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 48.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lion118ian economy, worth 59.6 trillion catnips 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. 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 78,205 catnips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Lion118, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, and they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion118's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lion118 is ranked 227,367^th in the world and 767^th in Concord for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -6 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.