The Republic of Wallach XCVIII is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 675 million Wallach XCVIIIians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Wallach XCVIIIian economy, worth 52.5 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,742 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, and Wallach XCVIII City is a police state during international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wallach XCVIII's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wallach XCVIII is ranked 234,778^th in the world and 70^th in Wallach for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -7 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.