The Generic Nation of Southern Whateverlandia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, prohibition of alcohol, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, humorless population of 8.855 billion Southern Whateverlandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nowhere. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Southern Whateverlandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,142 trillion fake dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 128,981 fake dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families burn Leader's latest official photograph to keep warm, every conceivable scenic location has been completely booked by couples desperate to marry, anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, and organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southern Whateverlandia's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Southern Whateverlandia is ranked 313,789^th in the world and 1,531^st in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -13.11 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.