The Red Zombie Queendom of Vold is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Queen Iselin I with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 979 million Voldish are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velara. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Voldish economy, worth 78.8 trillion Kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 80,471 Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The army consists of only generals and grunts, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, and overcrowded buses are the new normal for suburban commuters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vold's national animal is the firebird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vold is ranked 17,067^th in the world and 32^nd in Aesica for Most Cultured, scoring 93 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.