The Watchfires of WP-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 11.029 billion WP-1ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 29.2%.

The strong WP-1ian economy, worth 680 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 61,727 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scorched earth tactics have left many a noble estate in smoldering ruins, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and soiled underwear is being repurposed as (off-)white flags. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WP-1's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth.

WP-1 is ranked 236,139^th in the world and 1^st in Wonderful Paradise for Smartest Citizens, with 14.3 quips per hour.