The Most Ancient and Noble House of Lancaster of Wessex is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Duke Lancaster with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 36.709 billion Lancastrians 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 relatively small, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Ancestral Estate Capital Region. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lancaster of Wessexian economy, worth an astonishing 12,595 trillion Royal Crown Sterlings a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 343,116 Royal Crown Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, re-education centers are being added to most prisons, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. Crime is totally unknown. Lancaster of Wessex's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is ceremonially Wessex Anglicanism.

Lancaster of Wessex is ranked 630^th in the world and 1^st in House of Lancaster of Wessex for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,233.34 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.