The Insular Area of Lantern Cay is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.038 billion Lantern Cayians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.9%.

The powerhouse Lantern Cayian economy, worth 216 trillion Island Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,987 Island Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 389,860 per year while the poor average 20,367, a ratio of 19.1 to 1.

The Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, Leader is called 'Patches' at international summits, military spending is on the increase, and cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lantern Cay's national animal is the Island Doggo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lantern Cay is ranked 205,453^rd in the world and 1^st in Lights for Largest Populations, with 2.04 billion capita.