The Republic of Wingoul is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Queen Flightless with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 11.074 billion Wingoulians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wingoul City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Wingoulian economy, worth a remarkable 2,224 trillion Wings a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 200,867 Wings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 649,179 per year while the poor average 46,968, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, planespotters are emigrating in droves, the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough', and citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions. Crime is totally unknown. Wingoul's national animal is the Dodo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Order of No Wing.

Wingoul is ranked 255,973^rd in the world and 202^nd in The League for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 507.76 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.