The Republic of War Dogs CCCXCVII is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dog O'War with an iron fist, and renowned for its flagrant waste-dumping, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.817 billion War Dogs are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of WD Central. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Canine economy, worth 858 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 224,878 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Hundreds of teenagers die every year at the Canine Hungry Games, the public transport system has been eliminated, the state subsidizes liposuction, and masterpieces by male artists are on display in the dumpsters behind the gallery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. War Dogs CCCXCVII's national animal is the dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Canis Majorism.

War Dogs CCCXCVII is ranked 2,832^nd in the world and 81^st in Realm of Dogs for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 18,296.54 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.