The Community of Lyston is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, prohibition of alcohol, and daily referendums. The quiet, industrious population of 895 million Lystonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Lystonian economy, worth 46.1 trillion Pengers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,563 Pengers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every workday begins with group therapy, the new one Penger coin also makes a handy throwing-star, a baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, and flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyston's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Lyston is ranked 36,232^nd in the world and 1^st in Old Vegas for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,705.04 on the Societal Mobility Rating.