The Federal Republic of Free Valiva is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 493 million Free Valivans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Free Valivan economy, worth 47.8 trillion marks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,959 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, there's no representation without taxation, delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers, and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Valiva's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Free Valiva is ranked 247,707^th in the world and 6,111^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring -144.43 on the Scary Big Number Scale.