The Community of Lyck is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Frau Satanichia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 11.712 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 1,739 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 286,363^rd in the world and 11,065^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.5 kickbacks per hour.