The Federation of Windurst is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Star Sybil with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.021 billion Windurstians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windurst City. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Windurstian economy, worth 607 trillion Gils a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,052 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, the government is spending millions on alternative clean-burning fuels, prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, and pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Windurst's national animal is the Mandragora, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Windurst is ranked 4,091^st in the world and 188^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 51.08 average smiles per day.