The Federal Republic of Wevel is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 388 million Weveli 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wevel. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Weveli economy, worth 13.9 trillion euros 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 mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 35,814 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds, when electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, only those who apply can study applied maths, and hordes of tourists are ruining the environment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wevel's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wevel is ranked 67,823^rd in the world and 531^st in Europe for Smartest Citizens, with 39.86 quips per hour.