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The Federation of West Elyria is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Joe Mama with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.756 billion Potato Heads enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chicago. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient West Elyrian economy, worth 986 trillion Guineas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 146,005 Guineas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Elyria's national animal is the Pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Joe Mamaism.

West Elyria is ranked 112,255^th in the world and 1,580^th in The East Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 22.39 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.