The Light in the Sky of Witchcraft and Sorcery is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mayor Cardinal with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, rampant corporate plagiarism, and digital currency. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 17.607 billion listeners hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Night Vale. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient listening economy, worth a remarkable 2,684 trillion golden cosines a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 152,473 golden cosines, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Night Vale, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, and Mayor Cardinal's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards. Crime is totally unknown. Witchcraft and Sorcery's national animal is the mysterious hooded figure, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is never looking back.

Witchcraft and Sorcery is ranked 1,173^rd in the world and 24^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 7,868.7 on the Societal Mobility Rating.