The Federal Republic of Greater Westphalia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Federal Chancellor with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, smutty television, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.103 billion Greater Westphalians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dortmund. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Greater Westphalian economy, worth 86.1 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,043 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

School teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, former polygamists always seem to have a huge number of visiting cousins, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Westphalia's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Greater Westphalia is ranked 20,204^th in the world and 503^rd in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.