The Commonwealth of Low Time Preferences is a tiny, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18 million Low Time Preferencesians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The strong Low Time Preferencesian economy, worth 1.18 trillion Ethers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 65,490 Ethers, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 423,313 per year while the poor average 4,072, a ratio of 103 to 1.

Even snitches get stitches, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, a stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal, and the richest citizens live in sheltered private citadels. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Low Time Preferences's national animal is the rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Low Time Preferences is ranked 315,519^th in the world and 105^th in Steam for Safest, scoring 7.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.