The Most Serene Republic of West Pastafaria is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Grandmaster Chef Fallzangour with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.118 billion Pastafarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Welfare, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strascinati. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient West Pastafarian economy, worth 238 trillion Vermicellis a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,393 Vermicellis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, school football matches are usually five-a-side, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Pastafaria's national animal is the Wild Spotted Collandar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Pastafaria is ranked 151,180^th in the world and 5,160^th in the South Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,672 Standard Monetary Units.