The Federal Republic of The West Valley Mountains is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President C E Krett with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.204 billion 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 large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leadership City. The average income tax rate is 86.1%.

The frighteningly efficient West Valley Mountainous economy, worth 532 trillion monies a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 126,546 monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of The West Valley Mountains's radio stations, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, the tightness of border controls in The West Valley Mountains leave a little to be desired, and vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television. Crime is totally unknown. The West Valley Mountains's national animal is the goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is freedom of religion.

The West Valley Mountains is ranked 14,358^th in the world and 478^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,934.55 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.