The Watchfires of Wrongstates is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 24.947 billion Wrongstatesians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Wrongstatesian economy, worth a remarkable 3,000 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 120,266 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, and a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wrongstates's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wrongstates is ranked 43,265^th in the world and 1^st in Iron Curtain for Most Corrupt Governments, with 48.92 kickbacks per hour.