The Imperial Dominion of Longweather is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Dresden Mourningway with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless population of 27.999 billion Alor have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oblivion. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Alor economy, worth an astonishing 12,856 trillion Imperial Yoras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 459,175 Imperial Yoras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, and suspicious glow-in-the-dark wasps remain a source of terror and awe. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Longweather's national animal is the Light Blue Longweather Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Church of Thesse.

Longweather is ranked 5,188^th in the world and 116^th in the Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 81.16 on the Kitten Softness Rating.