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“He who laughs, lasts”

The Allied States of Skizzy Lizzy is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Bearded Guru with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.182 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Religious classes are compulsory for all school students, all forms of advertising are banned, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, and senior citizens are often found slaving away in factories. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skizzy Lizzy's national animal is the spotted owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Hippie Christianity, and its currency is the wino.

Skizzy Lizzy is ranked 175th in the region and 54,280th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.