The United States of Wetherell is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 16.119 billion Wetherellians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wetherell City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.6%.

The very strong Wetherellian economy, worth a remarkable 1,351 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 83,839 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 394,989 per year while the poor average 10,566, a ratio of 37.4 to 1.

Warfare increasingly resembles a video game, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Wetherellian politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Wetherell's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Wetherell is ranked 70,969^th in the world and 1^st in Wetherell Iron Fang Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.93 law-abiding acts per hour.