The Monastery of Landen Monastery is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Paul Landen with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.596 billion Laterans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outskirts of Laterano. The average income tax rate is 23.6%.

The strong Lateran economy, worth 77.6 trillion Kazimierzian marks a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 48,599 Kazimierzian marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

No-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space', a major religion has been named as Landen Monastery's national religion, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landen Monastery's national animal is the Laterano, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Landen Monastery is ranked 112,673^rd in the world and 2^nd in Laterano for Smartest Citizens, with 34.61 quips per hour.