The Federation of Five Wings is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Wing Lang with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 26.356 billion Five Wingsians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fivetown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.8%.

The very strong Five Wingsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,173 trillion Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 44,519 Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 130,059 per year while the poor average 12,034, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

A dictator has seized power and outlawed elections, Five Wings has designated Fivetown as its capital city, Taoism has been named as Five Wings's national religion, and Wing Lang has just been declared ruler of Five Wings in an international press conference. Crime is a problem. Five Wings's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Taoism.

Five Wings is ranked 279,401^st in the world and 2^nd in Red Army of the USSR for Highest Poor Incomes, with 12,034.33 Standard Monetary Units.