The Oppressed Peoples of Washing is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.762 billion Washingians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Washingian economy, worth a remarkable 1,275 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,543 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, army uniforms are replaced en masse to accommodate adult soldiers, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, and cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Washing's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Washing is ranked 25,586^th in the world and 1,827^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 85.54 law-abiding acts per hour.