Lyon county

 The Republic of Lyon county

"If i Can't see you, you can't see me."

The Republic of Lyon county is a huge, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 391 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 41%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings, military spending recently hit a new high, and protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Lyon county's national animal is the Mawg, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Shultian.