The Empire of Wafflex is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 422 million Wafflexians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 24.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Wafflexian economy, worth 34.0 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,573 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and roosters that herald the rising sun are immediately sent to the slaughterhouse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wafflex's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Wafflex is ranked 78,819^th in the world and 114^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,265.05 on the Gilded Widget Scale.