The Pride of St Lydmont is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by John Saint with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The quiet, industrious population of 30.921 billion St Lydmontians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Social Policy, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saintstown. The average income tax rate is 48.1%.

The large but underdeveloped St Lydmontian economy, worth 736 trillion Oranges a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,815 Oranges, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, gambling is outlawed, St Lydmont has designated Saintstown as its capital city, and John Saint has just been declared ruler of St Lydmont in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Lydmont's national animal is the Blue, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Saints.

St Lydmont is ranked 222,776^th in the world and 2^nd in Ovany for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 768.25 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.