The Commonwealth of Whye is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 26 million Whye Cercians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 9.1%.

The strong Whyean economy, worth 1.51 trillion CECS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 58,202 CECS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, and citizens who use the word "Violet" incorrectly find their WhoTube content taken down. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Whye's national animal is the Bee, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Whye is ranked 198,651^st in the world and 13^th in The Dragonian Cascanians for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 383.73 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.