The Republic of West Kerch is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, lack of airports, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 15.325 billion West Kerchians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.7%.

The thriving West Kerchian economy, worth a remarkable 1,182 trillion Galleons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,130 Galleons, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, "What's the Frequency, Leader?" is a favorite phrase of backyard radio broadcasters when interrupting official diplomatic channels, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, and the media have begun calling the government treasury "Leader's stash". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. West Kerch's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

West Kerch is ranked 7,382^nd in the world and 1^st in Lardyland for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 9,596.96 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.