The Time Leaper of A Visitor from Afar is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.284 billion Visitor from Afarians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Visitor from Afarian economy, worth 257 trillion stardusts a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,306 stardusts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 345,704 per year while the poor average 28,185, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Cities in A Visitor from Afar declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, among slaves 'bastard' is an honorific rather than an insult, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Visitor from Afar's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A Visitor from Afar is ranked 30,313^th in the world and 1^st in Ice Cream Haven for Most Developed, scoring 83.15 on the Human Development Index.