The Technate Republic of Lyenati is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Technate People's Party with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.265 billion Lyenese are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lyenzhou. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lyenatian economy, worth 280 trillion Lunet Yuan a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,926 Lunet Yuan, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyenati's national animal is the Lenq Qui Dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lyenati is ranked 13,349^th in the world and 300^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,772.59 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.