The Group Hug of West Polcomia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Gracious Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.072 billion West Polcomians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evening. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient West Polcomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,556 trillion shares a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,558 shares, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Immersive video game experiences are interrupted by incessant disclaimer pop-ups, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, and metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Polcomia's national animal is the warbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a compassionate religion.

West Polcomia is ranked 254,556^th in the world and 5^th in Polcomia for Largest Black Market, with 159 billion Standard Monetary Units.