The Federation of Windurst is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Star Sybil with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.077 billion Windurstians 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 large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windurst City. The average income tax rate is 84.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Windurstian economy, worth 613 trillion Gils a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,595 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It takes a village to catch a criminal, bins outnumber trees in city parks, a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat", and giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Star Sybil is a silly poophead. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Windurst's national animal is the Mandragora, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Windurst is ranked 3,934^th in the world and 180^th in The North Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 89.7 on the Kitten Softness Rating.