The Dominion of Highwinter is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. The hard-working population of 24.862 billion Highwinterians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 28.0%.

The strong Highwinterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,170 trillion gold desots a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,064 gold desots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, euthanasia is illegal, voting is voluntary, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is relatively low. Highwinter's national animal is the Heron.

Highwinter is ranked 191,145^th in the world and 36^th in New York for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.48 law-abiding acts per hour.