The State of Lyban is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.606 billion Lybanians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The very strong Lybanian economy, worth 349 trillion betales a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Average income is 45,995 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 139,551 per year while the poor average 11,784, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, surveillance cameras are banned, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", and Lyban has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lyban's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lyban is ranked 248,335^th in the world and 5^th in al Qahirah for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring zero on the Gilded Widget Scale.