The Dark Tower of Rolands End is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Childe Roland with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 30.631 billion Rolands Endians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castle Rock. The average income tax rate is 20.7%.

The thriving Rolands Endian economy, worth a remarkable 2,294 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,903 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Claiming to have performed the Heimlich Maneuver is a popular defense for assault charges, prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', and the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rolands End's national animal is the ^-^, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rolands End is ranked 306,093^rd in the world and 1^st in Ollivanders for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 22.32 on the Kitten Softness Rating.