The First Frontier of The Wellspring is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 1.598 billion Wellspringians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 12.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Wellspringian economy, worth 67.6 trillion wells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,301 wells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime is relatively low. The Wellspring's national animal is the spring, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Wellspring is ranked 117,122^nd in the world and 89^th in The Wellspring for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,228.68 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.