The Colony of Orderland is a huge, genial nation, ruled by State-Steward Ladislav Boroughcost with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 987 million Orderlandians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aetherfort. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Orderlandian economy, worth 78.1 trillion henriks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,096 henriks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending billions of henriks on a fancy space probe to find a planet that may not even exist, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, Orderlandian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, and farting etiquette is taught in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orderland's national animal is the starfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Orderland is ranked 287,166^th in the world and 18^th in Nordwrath for Largest Black Market, with 48.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.