The United Arab Republics of Lysheim is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Amal Ayad with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.531 billion Lyshians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elyaamud. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lysheimian economy, worth a remarkable 2,761 trillion Riyaadhs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 239,510 Riyaadhs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military will start wars with other nations on a lark, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, the government is a law unto itself, and people find it hard to relate to soldiers because of the dehumanising masks they wear. Crime is totally unknown. Lysheim's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lysheim is ranked 15,282^nd in the world and 13^th in Gay for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,152.55 on the Gilded Widget Scale.