The Republic of Vistulange is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Geir Solheim with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 25.577 billion Vistulangeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ravnensby. The average income tax rate is 86.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vistulangean economy, worth a remarkable 5,755 trillion kroner a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 225,039 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is something rotten in the state of Vistulange, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, and a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vistulange's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Artarumen Christianity.

Vistulange is ranked 289,511^th in the world and 10^th in Aeterna for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2.4 pounds of wildlife per square mile.