The Republic of Wane is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Fiera Lannon with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 11.236 billion Waneans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dala. The average income tax rate is 93.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wanean economy, worth a remarkable 1,183 trillion Naras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 105,296 Naras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, and Fiera Lannon is emphatic that Wane's HDI is much higher than it seems (Wane has found 1 easter egg). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wane's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wane is ranked 12,034^th in the world and 309^th in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 148.8 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.