The The White Bull of Gerold Hightower is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Aerys II Targaryen with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.483 billion Hightowers 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 Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oldtown. The average income tax rate is 24.2%.

The Hightower economy, worth 60.2 trillion golden dragons a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,576 golden dragons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

King Aerys II Targaryen has just been declared ruler of Gerold Hightower in an international press conference, Gerold Hightower has designated Oldtown as its capital city, recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gerold Hightower's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith of the Seven.

Gerold Hightower is ranked 82,225^th in the world and 2^nd in Hightower for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 45.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.