The Republic of Valce is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 273 million Valcedas are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valce city. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Valcean economy, worth 16.4 trillion Real valcedas a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,072 Real valcedas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government officially wants you to slow down and speak more clearly, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', every week is blindness awareness week, and a Europe Tourist Association survey has rated Valce #1 for number twos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valce's national animal is the Grifo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valce is ranked 73,380^th in the world and 686^th in Europe for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,524.59 on the Gilded Widget Scale.