The Grand Capital of Lansing City is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by High Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.958 billion Lansing Cityians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of State Capital. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The strong Lansing Cityian economy, worth 254 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 42,706 aurums, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,877 per year while the poor average 2,740, a ratio of 99.6 to 1.

Tourists aren't the only ones that talk about coming back from a trip, truancy levels are on the rise ever since school registers were banned, lottery winners spend most of their money on security, and every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Lansing City's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lansing City is ranked 296,154^th in the world and 1^st in Lansing for Highest Poor Incomes, with 2,740.83 Standard Monetary Units.