The Lordship of Ormund Hightower is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 1.539 billion Hightowers enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Hightower economy, worth 55.4 trillion golden dragons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 35,983 golden dragons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Leader has just been declared ruler of Ormund Hightower in an international press conference, Ormund Hightower has designated Ormund Hightower City as its capital city, and a major religion has been named as Ormund Hightower's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ormund Hightower's national animal is the owl.

Ormund Hightower is ranked 301,049^th in the world and 2^nd in Hightower for Most Developed, scoring 49.56 on the Human Development Index.