The Confederate Kingdoms of Reiserland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Sigurður Hilbertsson with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.25 billion Reiserlanders 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalmar. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Reiserlandic economy, worth 176 trillion Reiserlandic kronor a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,604 Reiserlandic kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Umbrellas are back in fashion, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists, and religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reiserland's national animal is the Arctic owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Reiserland is ranked 27,152^nd in the world and 387^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 234.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.