The Disputed Territories of Waaaaaah is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 369 million Waaaaaahians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of pickle. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Waaaaaahian economy, worth 7.30 trillion kitties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 19,776 kitties, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

This year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs, and the national security service are a bunch of crooks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waaaaaah's national animal is the kitty, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Waaaaaah is ranked 82,943^rd in the world and 706^th in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 115.57 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.