The Arctic Island Empire of Waftoia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Wj Ilokhich LXXIII with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.05 billion Noble Wafto Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hofpoggokuj. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.5%.

The very strong Wafto economy, worth 73.3 trillion Wafto Dollars a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,762 Wafto Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 270,819 per year while the poor average 12,301, a ratio of 22.0 to 1.

Witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials, overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, you can call your arthritic immigrant neighbour for all your roof-tiling and guttering needs, and Catholicism has been named as Waftoia's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waftoia's national animal is the Walrus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Waftoia is ranked 57,141^st in the world and 195^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 4,175.68 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.