The Daybreak Protagonist of Josh Wheeler is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Josh Wheeler with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, prohibition of alcohol, and labour-free parental leave. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 14.202 billion Daybreakers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Glendale. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Daybreaker economy, worth a remarkable 2,023 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 142,457 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians have tenure, apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, Glendale's back alleys are rife with sausage eating, and the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Josh Wheeler's national animal is the Ghoulie, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is A Romantic Attraction to Sam Dean.

Josh Wheeler is ranked 290,341^st in the world and 7^th in Daybreak for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 207.19 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.