The Republic of Wingstone is a fledgling, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 6 million Wingstoneans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The very strong Wingstonean economy, worth 496 billion Bolts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. Average income is 82,817 Bolts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 261,168 per year while the poor average 20,071, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, voting is voluntary, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and when it comes to flavor there's no gain without pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Wingstone's national animal is the Boeing 747, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wingstone is ranked 112,596^th in the world and 1,395^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 59.05 on the Human Development Index.