The Federal Republic of Western Jazzland is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 454 million Western Jazzlandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Industry, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mulligania. The average income tax rate is 50.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Western Jazzlandian economy, worth 53.3 trillion Saxophones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 117,381 Saxophones, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and the Western Jazzland Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise. Crime is totally unknown. Western Jazzland's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Western Jazzland is ranked 293,259^th in the world and 8,283^rd in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -266.22 on the Scary Big Number Scale.