The Federal Republic of Vallholm is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 589 million Vallholmians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azval. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.1%.

The powerhouse Vallholmian economy, worth 58.0 trillion Valls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 98,491 Valls, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 401,773 per year while the poor average 16,006, a ratio of 25.1 to 1.

Binoculars sales are at an all-time high, politicians can be condescending (which by the way means "showing an attitude of patronising superiority"), multilingual concierges man empty inner city apartment blocks, and trust-fund babies line up for places in community college. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vallholm's national animal is the Iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vallholm is ranked 229,674^th in the world and 4,386^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.