The United Socialist States of South Lucidia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 370 million South Lucidians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant South Lucidian economy, worth 2.35 trillion Baccats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Basket Weaving. Average income is 6,350 Baccats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Beaches are empty as the shark population multiplies exponentially, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and Leader has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Lucidia's national animal is the Despot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Lucidia is ranked 238,225^th in the world and 205^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.53 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.