The District of Te Waipounamu is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 22.158 billion Te Waipounamuans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The thriving Te Waipounamuan economy, worth 604 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 27,279 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Te Waipounamu's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Te Waipounamu is ranked 29,066^th in the world and 1^st in Bridgetown for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,736.02 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.