The Joyous Confederation of Wat Blum is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Superregional Congress with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.766 billion Waters are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urbis Congressus. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Blumie economy, worth a remarkable 2,602 trillion blumes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 203,869 blumes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, the amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded, and flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug. Crime is totally unknown. Wat Blum's national animal is the warbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wat Blum is ranked 2,024^th in the world and 64^th in Osiris for Smartest Citizens, with 183.24 quips per hour.