The Rightly Guided Jamahuriyeh of Lysheim is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Amal Ayad with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 16.629 billion Lyshians 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 relatively small, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bei'mujeen. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lysheimian economy, worth a remarkable 4,301 trillion Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 258,676 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, no one knows how to tie a reef knot, and the image of Lysheim's future is just a picture from last century. Crime is totally unknown. Lysheim's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Lysheim is ranked 3,275^th in the world and 15^th in Gay for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 7,638.6 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.