The Green Raiding Armies of West Andes is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Puppet Master Humanish with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.96 billion Andesians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andes City. The average income tax rate is 1.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Andesian economy, worth 927 trillion drakes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 186,931 drakes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Atheism is seen as a prerequisite for political power, the government is avowedly secular, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and the people have taken "Hail Puppet Master Humanish" as an invitation to lob rocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. West Andes's national animal is the Cliff Racer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Raiderism.

West Andes is ranked 293,825^th in the world and 498^th in Lone Wolves United for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.01 law-abiding acts per hour.