The Protectorate of Wake DPR is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 482 million Wake DPRians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Industry, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Public Transport aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 15.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Wake DPRian economy, worth 34.7 trillion 4th Edition Trench Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 71,936 4th Edition Trench Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, chest pains are considered part of the dining experience in Wake DPRian restaurants, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, and beating a dead horse is a scientific endeavor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wake DPR's national animal is the Black Spotted Tabby Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Wake DPR is ranked 229,108^th in the world and 9^th in New Region oasis for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -2.34 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.