The Federation of Lioniel is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Alfonzo D Ferguson with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, parental licensing program, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, cynical population of 20.697 billion Lionielians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catalania. The average income tax rate is 57.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lionielia economy, worth a remarkable 3,550 trillion Patronuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 171,539 Patronuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lioniel's national animal is the Narwhal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lioniel is ranked 2,514^th in the world and 84^th in Lazarus for Nicest Citizens, with 65.95 average smiles per day.