The Federation of Wessernaity is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 572 million Wessernaityians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Markburg. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Wessernaityian economy, worth 19.9 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Average income is 34,781 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, red fabric is banned, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, and a passport is literally priceless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wessernaity's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Wessernaity is ranked 233,899^th in the world and 61^st in Violetia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 12.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.