The Kingdom of Lans Isles is a huge, genial nation, ruled by President Xhalï with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avowedly heterosexual populace, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 853 million Lansers 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 medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hakano. The average income tax rate is 30.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Lans economy, worth 77.5 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,849 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

There's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, religious citizens are closely monitored for signs of self-harm, and airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lans Isles's national animal is the Ostrich, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lans Isles is ranked 41,123^rd in the world and 928^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 173.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.