The Democratic Republic of Poker Ocidental is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 358 million Poker ocidentalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kapi. The average income tax rate is 29.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Poker Ocidentalian economy, worth 27.3 trillion Pkrs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,285 Pkrs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

All fantasy fiction has officially been deemed non-canon, bike rage is all the rage, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Lobo, and young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poker Ocidental's national animal is the Lobo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Poker Ocidental is ranked 216,467^th in the world and 144^th in Lily for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.