The Eclipse of Wasted Lands is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lumis with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, complete lack of prisons, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.663 billion Machines 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The fortress. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Decayed economy, worth a remarkable 1,222 trillion Depleted Plutonium Pellets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 262,218 Depleted Plutonium Pellets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, terrorists who are 17th cousins with the ex-wives of half-brothers of citizens are now exempt from the immigration ban, and Renaissance frescos are being chiselled off public walls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wasted Lands's national animal is the Rad Wasp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Wasted Lands is ranked 172,722^nd in the world and 82^nd in Yggdrasil for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 902.56 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.