The Republic of Lythany is a colossal, pleasant nation, ruled by Head Chairman Brandon Harper with an even hand, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, avowedly heterosexual populace, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.979 billion Lythanasians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 6.3%.

The Lythanyian economy, worth 222 trillion Peluars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,660 Peluars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, official medical guidelines insist that childbirth is 'almost totally painless', the clergy of Christianity remains a single-sex institution, and tax avoidance is a serious affair. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lythany's national animal is the Golden Finch, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Lythany is ranked 181,427^th in the world and 19^th in Regionless for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 945.19 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.