The Matriarchy of Lynxi is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Meliora Summers with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, enforced nudity, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.004 billion Lynxians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sock City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.7%.

The strong Lynxian economy, worth 245 trillion Socks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 48,984 Socks, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and Meliora Summers has just been declared ruler of Lynxi in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lynxi's national animal is the Sock Puppet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lynxi is ranked 268,595^th in the world and 60^th in Caer Sidi for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -5.83 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.