The Quick Destruction of Lightning Bolt is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.571 billion Lightning Boltians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Lightning Boltian economy, worth a remarkable 2,685 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,220 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Lightning Boltian democracy, cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, and pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lightning Bolt's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lightning Bolt is ranked 319,595^th in the world and 6^th in The Versutian Federation for Safest, scoring 6.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.