The Kingdom of Lans Isles is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 757 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 22.3%.

The all-consuming Lans economy, worth 73.7 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 97,314 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.6 times as much as the poorest.

Mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, chickens frolic freely on swings and roundabouts in Hakano's playgrounds, immersive video game experiences are interrupted by incessant disclaimer pop-ups, and executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist. 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 54,215^th in the world and 1,187^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,036.08 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.