The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.592 billion Being a Wallflowerians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 18.2%.

The thriving Being a Wallflowerian economy, worth 272 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 59,320 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

People often feel unbalanced by their daily commute, every workday begins with group therapy, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, and naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Being a Wallflower's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Being a Wallflower is ranked 86,997^th in the world and 259^th in Prison for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,473.99 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.