The Into Nordic of West Sylvania is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Mark Luther with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, anti-smoking policies, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.648 billion Westsylvanians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yinzburgh. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but inefficient West Sylvanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,092 trillion Ennats a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,555 Ennats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fidgety cubicle workers play with their balls, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, diplomats miss flights while wandering Yinzburgh Airport's endless art maze, and conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors. Crime is totally unknown. West Sylvania's national animal is the Garter Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Sylvania is ranked 309,486^th in the world and 11,954^th in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -21.45 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.