The Confederacy of Valeru is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 85 million Valeruans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 65.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Valeruan economy, worth 1.48 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 17,367 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valeru's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valeru is ranked 257,929^th in the world and 149^th in Midnight Vale for Largest Populations, with 85.0 million capita.