The Constitutional Monarchy of The Lide Collective is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 478 million Lides 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 Industry, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luasis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.1%.

The all-consuming Lide economy, worth 36.1 trillion Metals a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 75,426 Metals, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, the nation's reinforced coffee tables are constructed to survive an atomic blast, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, and Lides believe manners maketh the leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Lide Collective's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Lide Collective is ranked 173,011^th in the world and 97^th in Thaecia for Most Primitive, scoring -66.48 on the Scary Big Number Scale.