The Nordic Kingdom of Lysvika is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Viljar Solberg with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, national health service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.428 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 Welfare. 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 579 trillion Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 169,089 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, the government is proudly free of crabs, and violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner. 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 6,940^th in the world and 168^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 92.81 on the Human Development Index.