The 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 of Hagston is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗸 with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.926 billion Hagstonians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 𝗟𝘆𝗵𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗸. The average income tax rate is 85.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hagstonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,914 trillion 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲s a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,094 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲s, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Milk often tastes of pea, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗸 has been known to make speeches in fishing waders, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hagston's national animal is the 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗺.

Hagston is ranked 50,902^nd in the world and 1^st in Laraniem for Highest Average Incomes, with 113,094.45 Standard Monetary Units.