The Arcane Republic of High Earth is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime executive with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.334 billion High Earthites are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wyvernia. The average income tax rate is 29.2%.

The frighteningly efficient High Earthian economy, worth 334 trillion Pecuns a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 143,251 Pecuns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The last thing High Earthian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them, if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... High Earthian satellites can detect it, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, and a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. High Earth's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

High Earth is ranked 239,830^th in the world and 103^rd in England for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 47.09 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.