The Principality of Landuse is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 491 million Landuseans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 49.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Landusean economy, worth 9.04 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 18,411 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The internet has been placed under government control, supervisors in Landuse commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landuse's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Landuse is ranked 137,891^st in the world and 272^nd in Astoria for Safest, scoring 64.44 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.