The Federal Republic of Lilabella is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The Witness with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.324 billion Lilabellans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lunabelis. The average income tax rate is 64.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lilabellan economy, worth 429 trillion Lilas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,208 Lilas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

International collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Lilabella, lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, and conspiracy theorists allege Lunabelis's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lilabella's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lilabella is ranked 141,291^st in the world and 18^th in Iris for Largest Populations, with 3.32 billion capita.