The Federal Republic of East Wali is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Ethan Lunther with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 7.318 billion East Walians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Walisia City. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Walian economy, worth a remarkable 1,614 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 220,646 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A century of peace does not preclude peace negotiations, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, new religious sects are squashed immediately by the government, and schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks. Crime is totally unknown. East Wali's national animal is the Striped Walian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam and Christianity.

East Wali is ranked 6,011^th in the world and 1^st in The Pacifica for Most Cultured, scoring 144 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.