The Sanctuary of Dreamers for Hope is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Detective Lily-Leaf with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 17.314 billion Dreamers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mirrored Rose. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a Dreamer economy, worth a remarkable 2,663 trillion Stories a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,839 Stories, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, Detective Lily-Leaf steals from the rich and gives to the needy, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, and scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays. Crime is totally unknown. Dreamers for Hope's national animal is the Racinatins, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Free Choice.

Dreamers for Hope is ranked 4,554^th in the world and 82^nd in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 587.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.