The Republic of Lichian is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Benjamin Gillis with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.608 billion Lichians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mhialn. The average income tax rate is 43.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lichian economy, worth a remarkable 4,744 trillion Gold Ducats a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 254,968 Gold Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, more citizens have access to Maxtopian Grass than clean drinking water, in a fit of passion Benjamin Gillis has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and the Lichian football team for the Maxxmas ceasefire consists only of Intelligence Corps personnel. Crime is totally unknown. Lichian's national animal is the Lothian Ground Llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Judaeo-Christianity.

Lichian is ranked 3,447^th in the world and 4^th in Texas for Most Developed, scoring 95.97 on the Human Development Index.