The Kingdom of Vulcanosa is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its aversion to nipples, daily referendums, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 284 million Vulcanosans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Vulcanosan economy, worth 25.1 trillion pounds 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 88,463 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Vulcanosa City for fear of causing a fuss, and the recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vulcanosa's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vulcanosa is ranked 33,146^th in the world and 36^th in KAISERREICH for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 859.15 on the Clooney Contribution Index.