The Republic of Waterfallean 19 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 6.753 billion Waterfallean 19ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Waterfallean 19ian economy, worth 265 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 39,245 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Waterfallean 19's national animal is the beaver.

Waterfallean 19 is ranked 122,167^th in the world and 68^th in Resuscitation for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,552 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.