The Most Serene Republic of Vanostav is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 305 million Vanostavians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vanostav City. The average income tax rate is 23.8%.

The powerhouse Vanostavian economy, worth 28.3 trillion Vanostav Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,882 Vanostav Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

After every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBV Governor goes house hunting, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vanostav's national animal is the Vanostavian crocodile, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Vanostav is ranked 95,381^st in the world and 186^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,571.93 on the Gilded Widget Scale.