The Republic of Watershed Telemetry 19 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning dragonfly population. The democratic population of 760 million Watershed Telemetry 19ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 16.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Watershed Telemetry 19ian economy, worth 30.1 trillion raffle tickets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,667 raffle tickets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. Watershed Telemetry 19's national animal is the dragonfly.

Watershed Telemetry 19 is ranked 163,409^th in the world and 2,055^th in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 69.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.