The Federal Republic of Whestion is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Charles Hansen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 22.773 billion Whestionians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Forttown Ridge. The average income tax rate is 5.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Whestionian economy, worth a remarkable 8,496 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 373,081 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, companies have begun running campaigns to stop people from remembering their brand name, overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, and undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations. Crime is totally unknown. Whestion's national animal is the Fugal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Whestion is ranked 1,347^th in the world and 32^nd in Osiris for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4,459.52 pounds of wildlife per square mile.