The Christian Empire of Wangoe is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Clovis with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 16.302 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 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wangoean economy, worth a remarkable 2,848 trillion Aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 174,725 Aureuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, even in the most hardened climate scientists break down at the sound of a single drop of rain, The Sardosa State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. 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 294,451^st in the world and 749^th in Europe for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -10.62 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.