The Confederacy of Waligon is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 308 million Wolieses are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kielv. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.7%.

The very strong Waligonian economy, worth 19.1 trillion Tsael Laevs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,861 Tsael Laevs, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

No animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, no suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines, and children seem to be getting better at lying these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waligon's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Waligon is ranked 101,341^st in the world and 595^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 61.14 on the Human Development Index.