The Federation of Windurst is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Star Sybil with a fair hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, irreverence towards religion, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.179 billion Windurstians 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 large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windurst City. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Windurstian economy, worth 641 trillion Gils a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,320 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, electricians spend more time in school than doctors, and planes can be grounded for months simply because an inspector "didn't like the color". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Windurst's national animal is the Mandragora, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Windurst is ranked 4,174^th in the world and 182^nd in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 95.31 percentage of bribes refused.