The Confederacy of Wonstry Shia is a small, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 40 million Wonstry Shians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The thriving Wonstry Shian economy, worth 3.19 trillion Shekels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 79,745 Shekels, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 281,634 per year while the poor average 16,323, a ratio of 17.3 to 1.

Jennifer Government is a bestseller, it's illegal to be caught on tape, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, and people can get away with murder these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Wonstry Shia's national animal is the Thylacine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Wonstry Shia is ranked 223,984^th in the world and 4^th in Landland for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 22.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.