The Fiefdom of Badge Hunt is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning lion population. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 7.21 billion Badge Huntians 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 government prioritizes Law & Order, although Healthcare, Education, and Administration are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 24.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Badge Huntian economy, worth 323 trillion runes a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,905 runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned lionball fields, freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink, advertisements read like science journal articles complete with extensive references, and drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Badge Hunt's national animal is the lion.

Badge Hunt is ranked 250,938^th in the world and 75^th in Paperwork for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 25.1 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.