The Republic of Watching-AndDreaming is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 2.178 billion Watching-AndDreamingians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 65.8%.

The powerhouse Watching-AndDreamingian economy, worth 148 trillion snails a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,150 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Stern tutting by international commentators has persuaded Watching-AndDreaming to disarm, cheering flag-waving citizens don't like to think too hard about politics, Watching-AndDreamingians seem to be catching more chills, and Watching-AndDreamingian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Watching-AndDreaming's national animal is the owl.

Watching-AndDreaming is ranked 275,088^th in the world and 195^th in Fukuoka for Most Armed, with 0.16 weapons per person.