The House Hightower of Oldtown is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Lord Maelor Hightower with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.925 billion Oldtownians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Hightower. The average income tax rate is 25.6%.

The Oldtownian economy, worth 451 trillion gold hands a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 50,532 gold hands, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Faith of the Seven has been named as Oldtown's national religion, the banhammer is a standard police sidearm, planespotters are emigrating in droves, and half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oldtown's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Faith of the Seven.

Oldtown is ranked 168,235^th in the world and 2^nd in Oldtown for Most Developed, scoring 54.75 on the Human Development Index.