The Grand Duchy of Valknord is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Naoyoshi Ichijo with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.381 billion Valknordians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, with Education and Defense also on the agenda, while Environment and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valknord city. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Valknordian economy, worth 187 trillion Valknord yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 135,698 Valknord yen, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 980,372 per year while the poor average 5,986, a ratio of 163 to 1.

Naoyoshi Ichijo's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, government winter plans get a frosty reception, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and 'Coloniser-in-Chief' has become Naoyoshi Ichijo's new moniker. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Valknord's national animal is the pigeon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Shinto.

Valknord is ranked 106,849^th in the world and 540^th in Europeia for Most Developed, scoring 59.97 on the Human Development Index.