The Republic of Valadin is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 3.287 billion Valadinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carna. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Valadinian economy, worth 323 trillion vals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 98,333 vals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, a flying elephant and Leader share the same nickname, and country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valadin's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valadin is ranked 13,368^th in the world and 862^nd in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,326.3 pounds of wildlife per square mile.