The Empire of Land of the Vikings is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Peterson the great with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.547 billion Vikingians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry, Environment, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asgards Maine. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Land of the Vikingsian economy, worth 69.0 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,618 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Human resources employees have time for hobbies as harassment is designated "high praise", roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Land of the Vikings, and Peterson the great has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Land of the Vikings's national animal is the War horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Land of the Vikings is ranked 137,177^th in the world and 6,408^th in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,385.35 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.