The Backpackers of Happy Wanderer is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Follow-The-Leader with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 22.566 billion Happy Wanderers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Septa. The average income tax rate is 19.6%.

The Happy economy, worth a remarkable 1,212 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,724 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Chewing tree bark proves to have limited value during childbirth, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors, and janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Happy Wanderer's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Happy Wanderer is ranked 150,849^th in the world and 4^th in Travelling Region for Highest Average Incomes, with 53,724.69 Standard Monetary Units.