The Incorporated States of LANGSTONER is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 833 million LANGSTONERIANS 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of KINKAINES. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.2%.

The frighteningly efficient LANGSTONERian economy, worth 94.9 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 113,925 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 336,249 per year while the poor average 30,355, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Genetic research is facing major headwinds, all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, and the cloud has been dealt a fouled hand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. LANGSTONER's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

LANGSTONER is ranked 83,302^nd in the world and 1,195^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,794.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.