The Holy Golden Imperial State of Lis Gomer is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Susan Delront with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.347 billion Lis Gomerians 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, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Los Gumer. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Lis Gomerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,660 trillion Imperial credits a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 310,613 Imperial credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,423,291 per year while the poor average 41,209, a ratio of 34.5 to 1.

All telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', increasing numbers of children in Lis Gomer have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects, and the old neighbourhood isn't how most Lis Gomerians remember it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lis Gomer's national animal is the panda, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Pierre Dubo.

Lis Gomer is ranked 12,240^th in the world and 854^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.51 law-abiding acts per hour.