The People's Republic of Lysomic is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 7 million Lysomicians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Lysomician economy, worth 174 billion Denaries a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 24,939 Denaries, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lysomic's national animal is the Łoś.

Lysomic is ranked 328,704^th in the world and 155^th in KAISERREICH for Largest Populations, with 7.00 million capita.