The United Republic of Wangoe is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Lewis Tomlin with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 12.459 billion Wangoens enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sardosa. The average income tax rate is 82.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wangoean economy, worth a remarkable 2,065 trillion Aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,816 Aureuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Wangoean diplomacy is by the book, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, and college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper. Crime is totally unknown. Wangoe's national animal is the Golden eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Wangoe is ranked 110,282^nd in the world and 937^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.66 law-abiding acts per hour.