The Armed Republic of Lightspeed V2 is a small, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23 million Lightspeed V2ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Welfare, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.8%.

The very strong Lightspeed V2ian economy, worth 1.75 trillion GameSiteses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 75,990 GameSiteses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 223,953 per year while the poor average 20,289, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Catching the latest tribal tournament is to die for, blue bloods are welcome in Lightspeed V2, tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs, and crayon squiggles were a late addition to the works of the Renaissance Old Masters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lightspeed V2's national animal is the Unblocked Gaming Hub, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lightspeed V2 is ranked 158,671^st in the world and 12^th in The Wooster High School for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 805.48 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.