The Team of The Tampa Bay Lightning is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.387 billion Tampa Bay Lightningians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tampa Bay Lightningian economy, worth a remarkable 1,590 trillion kronor a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,652 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, the military has declared that 'a woman's place is in the mess hall', and the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tampa Bay Lightning's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Tampa Bay Lightning is ranked 16,638^th in the world and 419^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.6 law-abiding acts per hour.