The Protectorate of Lyras is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Warmarshal Natasha Krell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 39.738 billion Lyrans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Environment and Social Policy not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bredubar. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Lyran economy, worth an astonishing 19,934 trillion Varessan crowns a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 501,647 Varessan crowns, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

The arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, and warfare increasingly resembles a video game. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Lyras's national animal is the Lyran Drop Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lyras is ranked 20,609^th in the world and 29^th in Greater Dienstad for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.24 law-abiding acts per hour.