The Dieresis-Holy Empire of Wochaystein is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Hannes II Rochus with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 14.283 billion Wochaysteiners are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zuidren. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Wochaysteiner economy, worth 354 trillion golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is 24,801 golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Zuidren to enjoy their national art, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, and creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wochaystein's national animal is the shrew and its national religion is Christianity.

Wochaystein is ranked 274,189^th in the world and 1^st in Diarcesia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -6.16 on the Hickory Productivity Index.