The Federal Republic of Walist is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 12.956 billion 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗮𝘆. The average income tax rate is 4.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 economy, worth a remarkable 1,684 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,012 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Barbers who trim a few inches of hair bill the government for their labor, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, private law firms are unheard of, and flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services. Crime is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Walist's national animal is the 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺.

Walist is ranked 272,753^rd in the world and 5,904^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.69 flags saluted per person per day.