The Penguinite Kleptocracy of Volaworand is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Acting Prime Minister Alan Duncan with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 12.517 billion Volaworandians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rothera. The average income tax rate is 8.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Volaworandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,739 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 218,825 Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, people think garlic bread counts as one of their "five a day", third world countries are rich in "I Love Rothera" t-shirts, and parents who fail mandatory parenting classes risk having their children taken away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Volaworand's national animal is the Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Volaworand is ranked 289,296^th in the world and 5,378^th in the South Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -21.31 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.