The United Pride Lands of Lion Gard is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Pride Lion with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, vat-grown people, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.27 billion Lions 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pride Rock. The average income tax rate is 16.4%.

The all-consuming Lion Gardian economy, worth 460 trillion Wildebeests a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 107,817 Wildebeests, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Disaster victims are viewed with disdain, local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities, calling dibs is an unalienable right, and people spend a lot on hair and nails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion Gard's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hunting.

Lion Gard is ranked 96,152^nd in the world and 4,869^th in Balder for Most Developed, scoring 62.42 on the Human Development Index.