The Federal Republic of Western Balkania is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The democratic population of 29 million West Balkanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order are ignored. The average income tax rate is 20.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong West Balkan economy, worth 1.59 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,656 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

In musicals everybody's a little bit racist, paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, it is technically inaccurate to call the dead 'worm food', and feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Western Balkania's national animal is the Double-Headed Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Western Balkania is ranked 117,894^th in the world and 518^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,172.96 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.