The State of Old Roy is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons and state-planned economy. The hard-working, democratic population of 30.808 billion Old Royians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 47.1%.

The Old Royian economy, worth a remarkable 1,331 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 43,222 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Old Roy's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, education and welfare spending are on the rise, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Old Roy has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Roy's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Old Roy is ranked 145,491^st in the world and 1^st in East for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 75.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.