The United Commonwealths of The Washington Federation is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Alec Cook with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The compassionate population of 13.941 billion Washingtonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District of Columbia. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Washingtonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,605 trillion Richmonds 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 115,169 Richmonds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, and new pests have been imported into The Washington Federation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Washington Federation's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Manifest Destiny.

The Washington Federation is ranked 8,589^th in the world and 29^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Developed, scoring 91.67 on the Human Development Index.