The Republic of Wizardofoz is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by The Strawman with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.871 billion Wizardofozians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Phoenix. The average income tax rate is 25.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Wizardofozian economy, worth 363 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 33,430 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, The Strawman has just been declared ruler of Wizardofoz in an international press conference, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wizardofoz's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Oz Buddhism.

Wizardofoz is ranked 310,980^th in the world and 3^rd in o z for Most Developed, scoring 47.91 on the Human Development Index.