The State of The Awakening is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.709 billion Wakers live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.3%.

The very strong Awakeningian economy, worth 720 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Trout Farming. Average income is 33,188 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,640 per year while the poor average 1,783, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, The Awakening has designated Westminster as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of The Awakening in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Awakening's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Awakening is ranked 16,888^th in the world and 1^st in The Awakening for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.