The Technate Republic of Lyenati is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Technate People's Party with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.35 billion Lyenese 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lyenzhou. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lyenatian economy, worth 289 trillion Lunet Yuan a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,102 Lunet Yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Lyenati are blocked up with orders for new public loos, most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyenati's national animal is the Lenq Qui Dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lyenati is ranked 14,600^th in the world and 348^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 333.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.