The High Kingdom of Klaatu is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Aethelheard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 31.921 billion Klaatuans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nibiru. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Klaatuan economy, worth a remarkable 4,421 trillion vects a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 138,501 vects, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children make Klaatu drive 'round, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, and King Aethelheard reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Klaatu's national animal is the Alpine ibex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is pagan.

Klaatu is ranked 1,767^th in the world and 1^st in Vectis for Safest, scoring 146.03 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.