The Republic of Walinsel is a small, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29 million Walinselians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 15.6%.

The strong Walinselian economy, worth 1.77 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 61,031 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, and elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Walinsel's national animal is the Blue Whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Walinsel is ranked 81,777^th in the world and 1,936^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.