The Prosperous Community of Locksley Hall is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Tennyson with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.503 billion Locksley Hallians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Environment, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Loxley City. The average income tax rate is 1.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Locksley Hallian economy, worth a remarkable 1,558 trillion Guineas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 183,247 Guineas, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, dinosaur breeders have a yabba-dabba-doo gay old time in Locksley Hall, and street gangs rule most of the nation's major cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Locksley Hall's national animal is the Parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Locksley Hall is ranked 11,992^nd in the world and 215^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,423.57 pounds of wildlife per square mile.