The Colony of Lycom is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Governor with an even hand, and notable for its feral children, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.097 billion Lycomians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mav'i City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Lycomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,174 trillion Koins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 286,756 Koins, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget, Governor can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lycom's national animal is the Alligator, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Individualism.

Lycom is ranked 29,523^rd in the world and 45^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Corrupt Governments, with 73.23 kickbacks per hour.