The United Socialist States of Westkia is a huge, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The democratic population of 485 million Westkians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Westkian economy, worth 16.1 trillion Socialist Euros 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 black market in Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. 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 33,177 Socialist Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies, sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westkia's national animal is the Dove.

Westkia is ranked 240,841^st in the world and 9,954^th in Balder for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.