The Federal Republic of The West Valley Mountains is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 336 million West Valley Mountaineers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leadership City. The average income tax rate is 42.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming West Valley Mountainous economy, worth 28.5 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 84,963 monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, chain casinos dominate the national gambling market, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly. Crime is totally unknown. The West Valley Mountains's national animal is the electric eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The West Valley Mountains is ranked 16,601^st in the world and 527^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.