The Community of Lyck is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Frau Satanichia with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 11.719 billion Lyckers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 32.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Lycker economy, worth a remarkable 1,740 trillion ostmarks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 148,515 ostmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, being Frau Satanichia has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, and a third of Lyckers are e-certified CEOs. Crime is totally unknown. Lyck's national animal is the pond turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Lyck is ranked 8,745^th in the world and 432^nd in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 169.93 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.