The Nordic Kingdom of Lysvika is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Viljar Solberg with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.488 billion Lysvikans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valdringe. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Lysvikan economy, worth 597 trillion Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,248 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, the government guarantees extra-soft tissues to fire-snorting elephants, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lysvika's national animal is the Cormorant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Lysvika is ranked 328,272^nd in the world and 1,413^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -17.29 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.