The Republic of Wolverton Mountain is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Claude King with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 27.503 billion Wolverton Mountainians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The large, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clowers. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Wolverton Mountainian economy, worth a remarkable 2,487 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 90,441 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 362,578 per year while the poor average 15,129, a ratio of 24.0 to 1.

Agricultural science is the most competitive subject at universities, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and the Wolverton Mountainian Babysitters Club has proven to be a huge relief to stressed-out parents across the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Wolverton Mountain's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wolverton Mountain is ranked 49,171^st in the world and 1^st in Wolverton Mountain for Most Developed, scoring 77.76 on the Human Development Index.