The Most Serene Republic of West Pastafaria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Grandmaster Chef Fallzangour with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.006 billion Pastafarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strascinati. The average income tax rate is 86.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient West Pastafarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,142 trillion Vermicellis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,866 Vermicellis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Pastafaria's national animal is the Wild Spotted Collandar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Pastafaria is ranked 17,476^th in the world and 384^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.86 law-abiding acts per hour.