The Existence Strategy of Winstanley is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Winstan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 7.844 billion Winstanleyians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stanley. The average income tax rate is 54.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Winstanleyian economy, worth 196 trillion Florins 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 black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 25,019 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The treehouse in Fangtooth Fish Park is the tallest building in Winstanley, treason is relative, Winstan is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, and people boast about their low income on their dating profiles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Winstanley's national animal is the Fangtooth Fish, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Winstanley is ranked 83,872^nd in the world and 1^st in Hate for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 54.04 Effective Tax Rate.