The Dark Tower of Rolands End is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Childe Roland with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 30.522 billion Rolands Endians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castle Rock. The average income tax rate is 18.5%.

The thriving Rolands Endian economy, worth a remarkable 2,367 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,550 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, the police use sound cannons and mortars to deal with loud parties, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, and war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rolands End's national animal is the ^-^, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rolands End is ranked 90,541^st in the world and 1^st in Ollivanders for Highest Average Incomes, with 77,550.62 Standard Monetary Units.