The Federation of Westcot is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 235 million Westcotians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.5%.

The all-consuming Westcotian economy, worth 19.0 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,665 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, parking's carefree without parking car fees, and wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westcot's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Westcot is ranked 37,678^th in the world and 18^th in Philosophers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,756.95 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.