The Empire of Landwarden is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 40 million Landwardenians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Spirituality, and Education also on the agenda, while Industry and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.6%.

The Landwardenian economy, worth 1.96 trillion Kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 49,055 Kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,695 per year while the poor average 10,647, a ratio of 15.7 to 1.

Radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, equality looks curiously unequal, twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force. Landwarden's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Landwarden is ranked 45,668^th in the world and 1^st in Valeham for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,988.87 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.