The Democratic States of Wettelrode is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.474 billion Wettelrodeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 45.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Wettelrodean economy, worth 149 trillion Potatos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,446 Potatos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, and the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wettelrode's national animal is the Marmot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wettelrode is ranked 54,168^th in the world and 2,274^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,991.95 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.