The Republic of West Excelsior is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 199 million West Excelsiorians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 52.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped West Excelsiorian economy, worth 6.40 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 32,176 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Excelsior's national animal is the penguin.

West Excelsior is ranked 275,081^st in the world and 6^th in Is this the longest region name on natio for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.35 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.