The VAL Incorporated nation of The Founding Citadel is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Aitareis with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.365 billion Founding Citadelians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, with Education and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katesia. The average income tax rate is 6.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Founding Citadelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,161 trillion Cidels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 138,833 Cidels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is Conch Kingdom's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, Brasilistanis face layers of paperwork in a different language just to visit a doctor, "Aitareis got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, and gay men commonly complain about their time of the month. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Founding Citadel's national animal is the Gigglecache, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cachism.

The Founding Citadel is ranked 75,924^th in the world and 79^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Developed, scoring 68.48 on the Human Development Index.