The Republic of Westside is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.655 billion Westsideans enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 63.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Westsidean economy, worth 45.5 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 27,472 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

War vets look after war animals, singing in public is only allowed if you are singing the praise of the Motherland, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, and surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westside's national animal is the leopard, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Westside is ranked 185,149^th in the world and 36^th in The Fallout Wasteland for Largest Populations, with 1.66 billion capita.