The Rogue Nation of The Highlander is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Awakening with a fair hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.875 billion Highlanderians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Administration, Welfare, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Glenfinnan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Highlanderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,173 trillion Severed Heads a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,200 Severed Heads, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 480,665 per year while the poor average 25,870, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

New homeowners go furniture hunting with crowbars, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Awakening day after day, and a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Highlander's national animal is the Awakening, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Quickening.

The Highlander is ranked 180,909^th in the world and 1^st in Ile de France for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 62.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.