The Christian Empire of Wangoe is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Clovis with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 16.742 billion Wangoens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sardosa. The average income tax rate is 85.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wangoean economy, worth a remarkable 3,068 trillion Aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 183,275 Aureuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, millions of simultaneously backfiring toilets have flooded Sardosa with effluent, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, and firefighters fight fires with return fire. Crime is totally unknown. Wangoe's national animal is the Golden eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orthodox Catholic.

Wangoe is ranked 321,106^th in the world and 683^rd in Europe for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.57 on the Bus Surprisal Index.