The Dominion of Lyranthica is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gordon Hall with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, otherworldly petting zoo, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 995 million Lyranthicans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cardinia. The average income tax rate is 60.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lyranthican economy, worth 78.2 trillion Helions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 78,566 Helions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, the relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad, chain-gangs are often seen toting barges and lifting bales, and government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyranthica's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lyranthica is ranked 155,092^nd in the world and 4^th in The Helionic Union for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 2,186.67 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.