The Principality of Welves is a very large, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles and exploding hoverboards. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 200 million Welvens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government prioritizes Spirituality, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.5%.

The strong Welvesian economy, worth 12.0 trillion Sallves a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 60,218 Sallves, with the richest citizens earning 8.8 times as much as the poorest.

The internet has been placed under government control, children who drop their ice cream are fined for littering, art is not complete without a touch of alizarin blood and titanium sweat, and teenage girls worry that they'll be unpopular if their skirts aren't short enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Welves's national animal is the White-Stache Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Welves is ranked 83,592^nd in the world and 89^th in The Western Isles for Nicest Citizens, with 15.51 average smiles per day.