The Democratic Republic of West Ladynia is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 279 million West Ladynians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solano. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The West Ladynian economy, worth 18.2 trillion Planets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 65,229 Planets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, good-looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals, halberds are common 18th birthday presents, and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Ladynia's national animal is the Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Ladynia is ranked 11,681^st in the world and 93^rd in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,655.65 on the Clooney Contribution Index.