The Protectorate of Westlant is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning lion population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.66 billion Westlantians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deergem. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The very strong Westlantian economy, worth 971 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 39,411 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Westlant has designated Deergem as its capital city. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Westlant's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Westlant is ranked 134,234^th in the world and 2,602^nd in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 789.49 on the Gilded Widget Scale.