The Republic of West Themond is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 219 million West Themondians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient West Themondian economy, worth 8.99 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,057 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, citizens who refuse to vote are guillotined, and the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Themond's national animal is the South American Rattlesnake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Themond is ranked 268,953^rd in the world and 807^th in Concord for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.87 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.