The Republic of Whaaaaaat is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, triple-decker prams, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.981 billion Whaaaaaatians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Whaaaaaatian economy, worth a remarkable 1,033 trillion currencies a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 129,539 currencies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 513,804 per year while the poor average 22,055, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

In pet stores nationwide animals are growing in popularity, the nation's endangered species are no longer endangered, male celebrity chefs are laughed at for their lack of manliness, and arthritic citizens seem underrepresented at royal meet-and-greets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Whaaaaaat's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Whaaaaaat is ranked 325,717^th in the world and 55^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring -10.95 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.