The Snake in the Grass of Wymondham is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Wym with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 20.259 billion Wymondhamians 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Wymondham. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wymondhamian economy, worth a remarkable 3,052 trillion Par Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,671 Par Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, and immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wymondham's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Friendship.

Wymondham is ranked 129,142^nd in the world and 398^th in the West Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 1.54 trillion Standard Monetary Units.