The Federal Republic of Lion686 is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, disturbing lack of elderly people, and punitive income tax rates. The devout population of 455 million Lion686ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lion686ian economy, worth 34.2 trillion catnips a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 75,059 catnips, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', and politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lion686's national animal is the Meowing Cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lion686 is ranked 17,229^th in the world and 3^rd in The Intergalactic Frontier for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 107.89 on the Bus Surprisal Index.