The Jingoistic States of Armstrongs Landing is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Gabriel Armstrong with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 29.703 billion Armstrongers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miss Fortune Promontory. The average income tax rate is 22.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Armstrongs Landingian economy, worth a remarkable 7,955 trillion Rallods a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 267,820 Rallods, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, real estate agencies are being replaced by naval recruitment offices, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, and a degree of self-hatred is vital for a future in politics. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Armstrongs Landing's national animal is the Shrike, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Armstrongs Landing is ranked 158,231^st in the world and 7^th in Coalition of Sovereign Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.31 law-abiding acts per hour.