The Confederacy of Wulcant is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 2.091 billion Wulcantians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Wulcantian economy, worth 330 trillion oases a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 158,257 oases, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 474,063 per year while the poor average 41,292, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Companies are turning to trained gnus for their most menial jobs, condemned prisoners spend hours a day sitting in lotus position looking perplexed, the government is on the side of working people (like CEOs, bankers and billionaires), and Dàguó lanterns outnumber streetlights in major cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wulcant's national animal is the gnu, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wulcant is ranked 111,572^nd in the world and 143^rd in The UMNS for Most Developed, scoring 59.22 on the Human Development Index.