The Special Municipality of Ladingtore is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, conspicuous electricity pylons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.178 billion Ladingtoreans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central District. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ladingtorean economy, worth 656 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,226 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateboarding is considered a form of diplomacy, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ladingtore's national animal is the Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ladingtore is ranked 36,397^th in the world and 170^th in Ladingtore for Safest, scoring 106.85 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.