The Well-Armed Hippies of Sierra Lyricalia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by everyone and no one with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.52 billion Lyricals are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Makhnovia. The average income tax rate is 89.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lyrical economy, worth a remarkable 4,099 trillion ₦anotech dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 160,652 ₦anotech dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Harry Potter conventions are closely watched by the government for any signs of 'dueling', tourists outnumber citizens two to one, artists are pillars of society, and pirates armed with sonar-guided semi-autonomous torpedos and laser weapons systems are often seen capturing fishing trawlers. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sierra Lyricalia's national animal is the blue pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is that every man and woman is a pope.

Sierra Lyricalia is ranked 296,422^nd in the world and 155^th in Anarchy for Fattest Citizens, with 5.22 Obesity Rate.