The Lordship of Leyton Hightower is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Leyton Hightower with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.463 billion Hightowers 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 relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oldtown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.7%.

The strong Hightower economy, worth 92.1 trillion golden dragons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 62,932 golden dragons, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Biology and religious education classes have recently been merged, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Leyton Hightower's national animal is the fox and its national religion is Faith of the Seven.

Leyton Hightower is ranked 74,864^th in the world and 2^nd in Oldtown for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,051.4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.