The Federal Republic of Lion860 is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 452 million Lion860ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.1%.

The strong Lion860ian economy, worth 33.4 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, 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 73,911 catnips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 258,884 per year while the poor average 15,321, a ratio of 16.9 to 1.

The state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, and the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion860's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lion860 is ranked 119,134^th in the world and 561^st in Concord for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.34 law-abiding acts per hour.