The Republic of West Hesperia is a mid-sized, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 50 million West Hesperians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong West Hesperian economy, worth 4.01 trillion Ducats a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 80,268 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,376 per year while the poor average 15,916, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Foreign nationals who stumble near West Hesperia are harbingers of war, it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, West Hesperia has the hottest women in the world, and the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. West Hesperia's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

West Hesperia is ranked 151,110^th in the world and 2,015^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,025.53 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.