The Imperial State of Valhem is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Torbhaün IV Rijeksfellem with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 6.516 billion Valkyrs are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edagast. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Valkyrian economy, worth 258 trillion Valkshaleercs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,736 Valkshaleercs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, and dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valhem's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Solar Asrialism.

Valhem is ranked 52,380^th in the world and 3,267^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.52 law-abiding acts per hour.