The Whatever of April Ludgate is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by April Ludgate with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.356 billion Aprilers live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Administration, Education, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Law & Order and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pawnee. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Apriler economy, worth a remarkable 1,391 trillion paychecks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 96,931 paychecks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 482,734 per year while the poor average 10,984, a ratio of 43.9 to 1.

Pawnee moves with the times, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up, and earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. April Ludgate's national animal is the spirit dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Radical agnosticism.

April Ludgate is ranked 262,655^th in the world and 14,278^th in Osiris for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 479.65 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.