The United Socialist States of Linnyr is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its vat-grown people, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 56 million Linnyri are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Linnyrian economy, worth 1.83 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 32,682 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, the recycled air in planes is nauseating, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", and citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Linnyr's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Linnyr is ranked 315,526^th in the world and 3,893^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 149.76 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.