The Federal Republic of WC 53 is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, flagrant waste-dumping, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 950 million WC 53ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The WC 53ian economy, worth 37.6 trillion francs 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. 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 39,583 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on WC 53ian roads, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, and Leader has just been declared ruler of WC 53 in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WC 53's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

WC 53 is ranked 310,236^th in the world and 12,683^rd in Osiris for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -10.1 on the Hickory Productivity Index.