The Eternal Whispers of 1943 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 28.067 billion 1943ers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eternal Whisper. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but underdeveloped 1943ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,776 trillion spuds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,279 spuds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, lines at the bank stretch around the block as tellers struggle with basic arithmetic, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, and the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service. Crime is totally unknown. 1943's national animal is the bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

1943 is ranked 2,822^nd in the world and 13^th in The Maritimes for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 31 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.