The Municipality of Washington River City is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by an elected mayor with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 35.222 billion Washingtonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metropolitan Civic Center. The average income tax rate is 22.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Washingtonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,088 trillion Margrasian francs a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,682 Margrasian francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Metropolitan Civic Center, teenagers haven't been seen outdoors since the nation reconnected to the Internet, and An elected mayor is convinced that other nations can simply be "junked" (Washington River City has found 5 easter eggs). Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Washington River City's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Protestant Christianity.

Washington River City is ranked 2,099^th in the world and 1^st in The Sea of Love for Highest Food Quality, scoring 276 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.