The Allied States of Lightnaria is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jake Lightner with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 12.055 billion Lightnarians 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 large government prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hikari City. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lightnarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,039 trillion Dulops a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,226 Dulops, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Cat, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, and weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lightnaria's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lightnaria is ranked 37,494^th in the world and 20^th in The United Federations for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 785.99 on the Clooney Contribution Index.