The Constitutional Monarchy of Wicketeria is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 26 million Wicketerians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The thriving Wicketerian economy, worth 1.97 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 75,894 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 371,968 per year while the poor average 8,873, a ratio of 41.9 to 1.

Adjacent suburbs build competing earthworks to force the other neighbourhood to flood first, being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Wicketeria's national animal is the Schipperke, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Wicketeria is ranked 298,730^th in the world and 191^st in Karma for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -5.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.