The Dominion of Wentham is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 794 million Wenthamians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.9%.

The very strong Wenthamian economy, worth 58.7 trillion Runas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 73,976 Runas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,816 per year while the poor average 13,295, a ratio of 21.3 to 1.

The government takes agricultural advice from a wasp-themed superhero, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, Wenthamian doors require a Ph.D. to open, and mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wentham's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wentham is ranked 182,248^th in the world and 3,028^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.