The Promise of Whalonya is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Charles with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, enforced nudity, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 24.271 billion Whalonyans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Education, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Public Transport and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Waverya. The average income tax rate is 42.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Whalonyan economy, worth 621 trillion Eagles a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,590 Eagles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateboarding is the only legal way to travel, Syntosism has been named as Whalonya's national religion, Charles has just been declared ruler of Whalonya in an international press conference, and Whalonya has designated Waverya as its capital city. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Whalonya's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Syntosism.

Whalonya is ranked 77,792^nd in the world and 4^th in Jregoria for Most Beautiful Environments, with 599.25 pounds of wildlife per square mile.