The United Socialist States of Wagnaria is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 45 million Wagnarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Wagnarian economy, worth 736 billion Pounds 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 16,357 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An inkwell of goats' blood is supplied on school desks across the nation, prison visits increase substantially during election years, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Wagnaria, and foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies. Crime is totally unknown. Wagnaria's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Wagnaria is ranked 100,237^th in the world and 72^nd in Cape of Good Hope for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,005.35 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.