The Commonwealth of Wealthland is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Richard II with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.36 billion Wealthlandians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wealthland City. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wealthlandian economy, worth 291 trillion Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 123,469 Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

'Totally Not Partisan News' is a line item on the government budget, death row is annually emptied to feed the nation's hunger for televised murder-games, schoolchildren are divided over Emperor Richard II's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, and the recently bereaved have plenty of time to mourn during their incarcerations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wealthland's national animal is the Ruby Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Diamondism.

Wealthland is ranked 27,447^th in the world and 390^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 232.72 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.