The Most Serene Republic of Woodhovia is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 23 million Woodhovians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fair Woodhovian economy, worth 740 billion Hovians 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 32,186 Hovians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and most academic research has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Woodhovia's national animal is the Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Woodhovia is ranked 129,184^th in the world and 1,618^th in the West Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,485.63 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.