The Kingdom of Horringford is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by King Cynric with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 12.337 billion Horringfordians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yar River. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Horringfordian economy, worth 865 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,136 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-pound treacle machine, and the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Horringford's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is pagan.

Horringford is ranked 8,609^th in the world and 12^th in Wihtwara for Safest, scoring 123.27 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.