The Thornless Thorn of Likhinia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by the people with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 8.815 billion Likhinians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of reality. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Likhinian economy, worth 587 trillion monetary units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Basket Weaving. Average income is 66,618 monetary units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Turning the other cheek is accompanied by a polite letter of complaint, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, politicians no longer click with dating app matches, and visiting the best Likhinian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Likhinia's national animal is the cloud, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Rhythm Christianity.

Likhinia is ranked 7,243^rd in the world and 17^th in Libertarian Socialist Confederation for Nicest Citizens, with 37.99 average smiles per day.