The Free Land of Vaaldam is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its digital currency, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-working population of 16 million Vaaldamians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.8%.

The thriving Vaaldamian economy, worth 1.33 trillion Florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 83,309 Florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 252,517 per year while the poor average 21,375, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

Recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, motorway service stations often have a higher population than the hinterland villages that the roads lead to, and the government has been criticized for giving away Vaaldam's territory to anyone who claims it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaaldam's national animal is the Harbor Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Vaaldam is ranked 94,638^th in the world and 227^th in Talonia for Most Developed, scoring 62.77 on the Human Development Index.