The Mega-Corporation of Lentsin is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Supreme Chancellor Smarth with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 1.772 billion Lentsinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Lentsin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Lentsinian economy, worth 291 trillion Stins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 164,674 Stins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 498,494 per year while the poor average 42,329, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

Actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Lentsin, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and shopkeepers use microscopes to verify the authenticity of banknotes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lentsin's national animal is the Lice, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lentsin is ranked 181,142^nd in the world and 3^rd in Ascendancy for Largest Populations, with 1.77 billion capita.