The Sister Republics of Wallenburg is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by the Grand Council with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 9.595 billion Wallenburgians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Independence. The average income tax rate is 90.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Wallenburgian economy, worth a remarkable 1,598 trillion national CRUS a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 166,559 national CRUS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-riot police are dispatched whenever two elderly ladies gather to complain that prices have increased, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, nations that kill a Wallenburgian can expect a strongly worded letter, and political speeches that drill deep into bureaucratic fine detail could be said to be a little boring. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wallenburg's national animal is the creeper, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wallenburg is ranked 2,420^th in the world and 41^st in The East Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 42 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.