The Very Big Island of Wanga is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jack Straightcow with a fair hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, triple-decker prams, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.903 billion Wangans 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 Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Twanga. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wangan economy, worth 716 trillion Bjdbidoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,093 Bjdbidoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, all the world's a stage for Wangan political theatrics, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime is totally unknown. Wanga's national animal is the Echidna, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wanga is ranked 26,788^th in the world and 1,808^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.72 law-abiding acts per hour.