The Republic of Lichian is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Benjamin Gillis with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 30.126 billion Lichians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mhialn. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lichian economy, worth a remarkable 7,605 trillion Gold Ducats a year, is led 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 252,449 Gold Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is wading into dangerous waters, academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs, tax avoidance is a serious affair, and space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Lichian. Crime is totally unknown. Lichian's national animal is the Lothian Ground Llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Judaeo-Christianity.

Lichian is ranked 324,272^nd in the world and 56^th in Texas for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.87 on the Bus Surprisal Index.