The Federal Republic of Walark is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The People's Board with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.556 billion Walarkians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanloria. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Walarkian economy, worth 274 trillion Walarkian 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 107,415 Walarkian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, recent events in Dàguó have been classified 'for The People's Board's eyes only', buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and biology and religious education classes have recently been merged. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Walark's national animal is the Walarkian Phusotamus, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Walark is ranked 295,119^th in the world and 163^rd in Anarchy for Lowest Crime Rates, with 17.66 law-abiding acts per hour.