The Democratic States of Westinor is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 265 million Westinorians 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astoria. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Westinorian economy, worth 20.4 trillion marxes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,863 marxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

A handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, arbitration is mightier than the sword, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, and the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westinor's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Westinor is ranked 125^th in the world and 110^th in The North Pacific for Most World Assembly Endorsements, with 450 Valid Endorsements.