The Armed Republic of Lingu is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mirko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.713 billion Linguans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Linguan economy, worth a remarkable 1,115 trillion hounds a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 236,786 hounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, meat is a luxury afforded only to the wealthy, the nation has declared war on all passing comets, and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lingu's national animal is the bloodhound, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lingu is ranked 257,529^th in the world and 9,896^th in The East Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -49 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.