The Arcane Republic of High Earth is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime executive with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.309 billion High Earthites are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wyvernia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.8%.

The frighteningly efficient High Earthian economy, worth 334 trillion Pecuns a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 145,028 Pecuns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 499,264 per year while the poor average 30,865, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, news headlines usually include p-values, stale 'yo mamma' insults have been replaced by 'your maternal DNA' insults, and a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. High Earth's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

High Earth is ranked 112,760^th in the world and 49^th in England for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 160.59 on the Clooney Contribution Index.