The Colony of Wood Men is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, vat-grown people, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 5.367 billion Wood Menians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wood Menian economy, worth 614 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 114,508 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wood Men's national animal is the snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wood Men is ranked 271,518^th in the world and 10,127^th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.67 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.