The Protectorate of Walbard State is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Lion population. The hard-working, democratic population of 567 million Walbardians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.6%.

The thriving Walbard Statean economy, worth 31.4 trillion Viras a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 55,456 Viras, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 196,296 per year while the poor average 11,311, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, Walbard State has designated Walbard State City as its capital city, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime is a problem. Walbard State's national animal is the Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Walbard State is ranked 243,699^th in the world and 39^th in The Empire of Walbard for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.