The Gardener of Lord Ravenclaw is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Raven with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 15.829 billion Birbs love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alexandria. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Birb economy, worth a remarkable 1,075 trillion Crystals a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,959 Crystals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lord Ravenclaw's national animal is the Birb, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Ancients.

Lord Ravenclaw is ranked 45,055^th in the world and 2^nd in Kingdom of Alexandria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.74 law-abiding acts per hour.