The Matriarchy of Lyrane is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sosi Patorete with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 23.589 billion Rireinukave have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haru. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.5%.

The all-consuming Rireinuan economy, worth a remarkable 2,559 trillion peris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 108,484 peris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 403,200 per year while the poor average 20,509, a ratio of 19.7 to 1.

Bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, a government program is underway to revitalize Lyrane's beaches, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, and it's a hard-knock life for the orphans doing factory work for a pittance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lyrane's national animal is the zwilnik, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lyrane is ranked 114,401^st in the world and 18^th in Rireinu for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.22 law-abiding acts per hour.