The Federal Republic of Whenyes is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Your Below Average President with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.572 billion Whenyesians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whenyes City. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Whenyesian economy, worth 745 trillion Dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,096 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A government program is underway to revitalize Whenyes's beaches, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Whenyes's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The totally normal religion.

Whenyes is ranked 5,011^th in the world and 250^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 563.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.