The Kingdom of Lyncanestria is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Philippe IV with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 28.19 billion Lyncanestrians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Villeneuve. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lyncanestrian economy, worth a remarkable 4,408 trillion Écus a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,390 Écus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, the nation's new currency features full-length portraits of Philippe IV in ermine and velvet garb, and half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyncanestria's national animal is the Griffin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Reformed Episcopal Church.

Lyncanestria is ranked 39,198^th in the world and 2^nd in Ajax for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 18,413.9 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.