The Federal Republic of Wevel is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 334 million Weveli 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, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wevel. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Weveli economy, worth 11.1 trillion euros a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,300 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, the government is giving peace a chance, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wevel's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wevel is ranked 106,122^nd in the world and 459^th in Europe for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,459.44 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.