The Armed Republic of Wechlen is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, public floggings, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 861 million Wechzeks 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wraclawitz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.4%.

The powerhouse Wechlenian economy, worth 82.0 trillion WZes a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 95,217 WZes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 294,002 per year while the poor average 23,791, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

Days begin with afternoon tea, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, epidemiologists happily announce that the reported incidence of depression is close to zero percent, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wechlen's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wechlen is ranked 47,406^th in the world and 2,968^th in Balder for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,556.71 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.