The Danish Viking Territory of Danelaw is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Guðrum with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 7.091 billion Danes are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jorvik. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.6%.

The strong Danelawian economy, worth 289 trillion kroner a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 40,787 kroner, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

People who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, it is common to still see adults with training wheels on their bikes, and disability advocates are not amused that they are told to be dependent on Danes's kindness. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Danelaw's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Norse Paganism.

Danelaw is ranked 281,599^th in the world and 10,882^nd in Balder for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.