The Free Land of Willowsbury Republic is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 212 million Willowsbury Republicians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Willowsbury Republician economy, worth 7.01 trillion Polos a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,074 Polos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Appendix transplant figures have recently doubled, it is a silent spring in Willowsbury Republic, people are often woken up by rubbish music, and Willowsbury Republician watches list strained wrists as a common side effect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Willowsbury Republic's national animal is the Peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Willowsbury Republic is ranked 61,749^th in the world and 285^th in Concord for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.