The Democratic Pacific Republic of French New Wake Island is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President W J Dock with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.327 billion Oceanians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Wake-Lander Metropolitan Area. The average income tax rate is 89.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oceanian economy, worth 315 trillion Third Edition Trench Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 135,683 Third Edition Trench Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown. French New Wake Island's national animal is the Black Spotted Tabby Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

French New Wake Island is ranked 73,944^th in the world and 1^st in New Region oasis for Most Patriotic, with 22.45 flags saluted per person per day.