The People's Republic of Vostmark is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 186 million Vostmarkians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vostmarkian economy, worth 13.1 trillion Markas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 70,320 Markas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, international humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty, and the nation is currently revamping its entire education system. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vostmark's national animal is the Potato, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Vostmark is ranked 7,558^th in the world and 1^st in Mazedornia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 9,435.6 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.