The Commonwealth of -Willamette is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Marcel Perlmutter with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 19.742 billion Willametters are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Spirituality, although Industry, Welfare, and Education are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salem. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.7%.

The powerhouse Willamettese economy, worth a remarkable 1,519 trillion crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 76,949 crowns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,161 per year while the poor average 19,046, a ratio of 12.6 to 1.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, private business has started paving paradises and putting up parking lots, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, and the welfare administration's new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Willamette's national animal is the duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

-Willamette is ranked 88,107^th in the world and 2^nd in the Columbia River for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,348.65 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.