The Grand Republic of The United Republic of Westend is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The People's Parliament with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.743 billion Westendians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Libero. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Westendian economy, worth a remarkable 4,974 trillion Sovereigns a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 280,359 Sovereigns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, the nation takes the world's poor and tired and the huddled Masses yearning to breathe free, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, and the number of students attending university has reached a record high. Crime is totally unknown. The United Republic of Westend's national animal is the Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Light Of Liberty.

The United Republic of Westend is ranked 290,068^th in the world and 3,704^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1.84 pounds of wildlife per square mile.