The Kingdom of Lans Isles is a huge, genial nation, ruled by President Xhalï with a fair hand, and notable for its digital currency, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 798 million Lansers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hakano. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The all-consuming Lans economy, worth 76.5 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,920 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

National park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, and the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lans Isles's national animal is the Ostrich, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lans Isles is ranked 31,949^th in the world and 814^th in the South Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 59.65 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.