The Frozen Wasteland of Lyrasan is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by The Skylord with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The compassionate population of 18.339 billion Lyrasayns are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baywatch. The average income tax rate is 90.1%.

The all-consuming Lyrasanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,360 trillion Lyran Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 74,164 Lyran Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Contestants on Lyrasan's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent, moonshine has made a resurgence, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyrasan's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Lyrasan is ranked 57,952^nd in the world and 2,486^th in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 75.38 on the Bus Surprisal Index.