The Principality of Lisander is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime-Minister Fernand Ecker with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.281 billion Lisanderians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soria. The average income tax rate is 3.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lisanderian economy, worth a remarkable 4,925 trillion Lis a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 202,841 Lis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, politicians no longer click with dating app matches, auditors are gutting every governmental department, and literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts. Crime is totally unknown. Lisander's national animal is the Ermine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Aristotelic Church.

Lisander is ranked 17,239^th in the world and 4^th in Astyria for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,312.42 on the Hickory Productivity Index.