The People's Republic of Wellate is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1 billion Wellatians 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sumont. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Wellatian economy, worth 62.9 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,861 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is currently revamping its entire education system, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, recognizing the Wellatian flag qualifies you for citizenship, and dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wellate's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wellate is ranked 283,788^th in the world and 6,056^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -13.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.