The Empire of Landem is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Ji-Hye with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.442 billion Landemese 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, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Japort. The average income tax rate is 48.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Landemese economy, worth 374 trillion silver coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,340 silver coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, students abandon classrooms for online education, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landem's national animal is the capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Landem is ranked 251,702^nd in the world and 208^th in Forest for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.75 kickbacks per hour.