The Empire of West Tyland is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 493 million West Tylandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of West Tyland City. The average income tax rate is 43.7%.

The strong West Tylandian economy, worth 40.4 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,034 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Violence is always the answer in West Tyland, employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, and it is said that a West Tylandian woman's work is never done. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Tyland's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

West Tyland is ranked 72,643^rd in the world and 1,502^nd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 106 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.