The Matriarchy of What Has Been Lost is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.931 billion What Has Been Lostians 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, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 16.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong What Has Been Lostian economy, worth 253 trillion Cute clothings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,434 Cute clothings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", Air What Has Been Lost is rumored to receive more government funding than the What Has Been Lostian Air Force, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime is totally unknown. What Has Been Lost's national animal is the Ena, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

What Has Been Lost is ranked 229,548^th in the world and 39^th in Mizuki Akiyama for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 259.54 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.