The Federal Republic of Lion221 is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, disturbing lack of elderly people, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, devout population of 675 million Lion221ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.4%.

The powerhouse Lion221ian economy, worth 60.7 trillion catnips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,860 catnips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 322,630 per year while the poor average 17,932, a ratio of 18.0 to 1.

The last thing Lion221ian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, it's a jungle out there, and cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion221's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lion221 is ranked 111,868^th in the world and 18^th in Red Autumn for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.26 law-abiding acts per hour.