The People's Republic of Waterdih is a small, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 36 million Waterdihians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Waterdihian economy, worth 1.18 trillion resourceses a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,836 resourceses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers have swapped their uniforms for prisonwear, priests are being drafted by the church load, the government is proud to report that ten percent of all tax revenue goes to funding suspected terrorist organizations, and sporting events are the biggest source of funding for Waterdihian schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waterdih's national animal is the snow leopard.

Waterdih is ranked 49,765^th in the world and 11^th in womp for Nicest Citizens, with 17.69 average smiles per day.