The Grand Republic of The United Republic of Westend is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The People's Parliament with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.737 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, although Administration, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. 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 4,972 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 127,511^th in the world and 1,583^rd in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 894.53 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.