The Republic of Lysstopia is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 220 million Lysstopians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 32.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Lysstopian economy, worth 10.3 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,608 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, the reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation, delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers, and the nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lysstopia's national animal is the Pigeon.

Lysstopia is ranked 241,373^rd in the world and 170^th in Benigtopia for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -5.59 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.