The Time Leaper of A Visitor from Afar is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, keen interest in outer space, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.183 billion Visitor from Afarians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.8%.

The all-consuming Visitor from Afarian economy, worth 250 trillion stardusts a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,524 stardusts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 359,705 per year while the poor average 27,919, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Metal detectors at school gates make sure that teenagers are carrying at least one sidearm, citizens insist that there's no law against standing downwind when marijuana crops are burned off, the military struggles with recruitment, and flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Visitor from Afar's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A Visitor from Afar is ranked 94,436^th in the world and 1^st in Ice Cream Haven for Safest, scoring 85.54 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.