The Republic of WI-1 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 16.433 billion WI-1ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong WI-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,125 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 68,491 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The judicial branch is strongly influenced by the Communist Party, top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WI-1's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

WI-1 is ranked 172,524^th in the world and 1^st in Water Island for Highest Food Quality, scoring 13.76 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.