The Disputed Territories of Langton is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.26 billion Langtonians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The very strong Langtonian economy, worth 313 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 59,614 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is a problem. Langton's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Langton is ranked 243,191^st in the world and 13,389^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 195.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.