The United Socialist States of War Dogs CCLXXXVIII is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dog O'War with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, vat-grown people, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.613 billion War Dogs are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of WD Central. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Canine economy, worth 662 trillion Gold Bars 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 Uranium Mining, Retail, Soda Sales, and Gambling. 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 impressive 183,416 Gold Bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Video clips of women firing guns are increasingly popular, Harry Potter books are banned, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers, and sharks are enjoying their deliveries of canned food. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. War Dogs CCLXXXVIII's national animal is the dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Canis Majorism.

War Dogs CCLXXXVIII is ranked 16,720^th in the world and 303^rd in Realm of Dogs for Most Patriotic, with 56.18 flags saluted per person per day.