The Union of West Heisen is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Karl Veers with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.836 billion West Heisenians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aster. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient West Heisenian economy, worth 744 trillion Heisenian Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,888 Heisenian Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Mandatory blunting of cutlery has increased the popularity of soup-based meals, ill and injured visitors in West Heisen have to walk it off until they return home, child labor has been outlawed, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Heisen's national animal is the Black Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

West Heisen is ranked 26,624^th in the world and 102^nd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,929.24 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.