The Empire of West Tyland is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 450 million West Tylandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of West Tyland City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.1%.

The strong West Tylandian economy, worth 38.5 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,592 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 321,469 per year while the poor average 15,915, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

Violence is always the answer in West Tyland, employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, and it is said that a West Tylandian woman's work is never done. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Tyland's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

West Tyland is ranked 104,818^th in the world and 2,410^th in the South Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 201.24 on the Clooney Contribution Index.