The Ghost of Christmas Past of Wisese is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its digital currency. The democratic population of 7.682 billion Wiseseans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Wisesean economy, worth 244 trillion orbs a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,770 orbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience, and social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wisese's national animal is the arctic fox.

Wisese is ranked 137,194^th in the world and 2^nd in The Northern Reach for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.08 law-abiding acts per hour.