The Federation of West Elyria is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Joe Mama with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.519 billion Potato Heads are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chicago. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient West Elyrian economy, worth 818 trillion Guineas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 148,254 Guineas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, the countryside is shrouded by wind farms, and a flying elephant and Joe Mama share the same nickname. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Elyria's national animal is the Pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Joe Mamaism.

West Elyria is ranked 9,114^th in the world and 237^th in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 167.2 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.