The Empire of Walbard is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Carlisle I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 31.524 billion Walbardians 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 relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Industry, Defense, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Walbard City. The average income tax rate is 7.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Walbardian economy, worth a remarkable 8,119 trillion Walbardian Viras a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 257,552 Walbardian Viras, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths, hunters have been known to lose limbs while attempting to 'play tag' with their prey, and nefarious Blackacrean surveillance has been replaced with patriotic Walbardian surveillance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Walbard's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

Walbard is ranked 3,481^st in the world and 2^nd in The Empire of Walbard for Most Developed, scoring 96.81 on the Human Development Index.