The Empire of Whispiton is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 166 million Whispitonians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The strong Whispitonian economy, worth 9.56 trillion Cots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 57,580 Cots, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Whispiton's national animal is the Cat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Whispiton is ranked 138,542^nd in the world and 23^rd in The Embassy for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,112.53 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.