The Armed Republic of West Kovania is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 188 million West Kovanians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving West Kovanian economy, worth 14.6 trillion Kovans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,857 Kovans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

School children across the country are staging hunger strikes to protest government-mandated salads, the new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, journalists giggle uncontrollably while reporting the nation's drug bonfires, and police conduct weekly raids looking for contraband cheeseburgers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Kovania's national animal is the AEV 3 Kodiak Tank, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

West Kovania is ranked 103,902^nd in the world and 209^th in Astoria for Safest, scoring 80.49 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.