The Matriarchy of Waveworld is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, devout population of 1.095 billion Waveworldians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lake Wave. The average income tax rate is 45.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Waveworldian economy, worth 38.0 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,688 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Parole hearings come with a complimentary ten-year extension, the Federal Council of Waveworld has been announced as the new Head of State, citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one, and kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waveworld's national animal is the shark, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Waveworld is ranked 301,540^th in the world and 31^st in The Wave Experience for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 966.45 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.