The Crystal leth dealing cabal of Lethen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Malcolm Mason with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, strictly enforced bedtime, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 44.064 billion Lethenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arnhelm. The average income tax rate is 2.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lethenian economy, worth an astonishing 10,499 trillion Golden Farbs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 238,277 Golden Farbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, and Malcolm Mason consults the market before choosing breakfast. Crime is totally unknown. Lethen's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Masonic love fest.

Lethen is ranked 441^st in the world and 6^th in Europeia for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 124 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.