The Empire of Valaknia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 770 million Valaknians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Valaknian economy, worth 25.9 trillion Volstorms a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 33,660 Volstorms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel, elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, and 'Coloniser-in-Chief' has become Leader's new moniker. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valaknia's national animal is the Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Valaknia is ranked 208,137^th in the world and 7^th in Vorobevists for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 35.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.