The Republic of Lyralei is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.293 billion Lyraleians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lyraleian economy, worth 295 trillion golds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,742 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour', books are often used as kindling, the government has an "easy come, easy go" policy on youth crime, and a baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyralei's national animal is the wind spirit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lyralei is ranked 21,077^th in the world and 84^th in Remembrance for Most Conservative, scoring 83.82 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.