The United Socialist States of Linnyr is a mid-sized, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 76 million Linnyri are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 77.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Linnyrian economy, worth 2.13 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 27,974 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with dyslexia are told to tough through it, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", and bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Linnyr's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Linnyr is ranked 66,024^th in the world and 1,138^th in the South Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,819.75 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.