The Kingdom of Lycadia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by High King Lycan with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, daily referendums, and triple-decker prams. The compassionate, devout population of 8.255 billion Lycadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tamaska. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lycadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,437 trillion Gias a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 174,097 Gias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Farting etiquette is taught in schools, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lycadia's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Akavir.

Lycadia is ranked 9,450^th in the world and 9^th in Africa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.11 law-abiding acts per hour.