The Republic of Lombard Soldier IV is a huge, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, disturbing lack of elderly people, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 753 million Lombard Soldiers are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Lombard Soldier IVian economy, worth 42.3 trillion Imperials a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is 56,139 Imperials, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The judicial system legislates morality, public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, the weather in Lombard Soldier IV City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', and the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lombard Soldier IV's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lombard Soldier IV is ranked 25,282^nd in the world and 1^st in Northern Epirus for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5,928.32 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.