The Republic of Waldom is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.772 billion Waldomians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Waldomian economy, worth 227 trillion gemmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 128,235 gemmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weather advisories predict sunshine with a chance of spontaneously combusting spacecraft, naughty nobles are locked away in gleaming towers, the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia, and the letters L, G, and B must never be grouped together. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waldom's national animal is the kakapo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Waldom is ranked 85,765^th in the world and 4^th in Red Autumn for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,622.09 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.