The Commonwealth of Vaultshire is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 619 million Vaultshireans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Klavis. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Vaultshirean economy, worth 36.1 trillion Kroner 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, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 58,290 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one knows how to tie a reef knot, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaultshire's national animal is the Sea Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Vaultshire is ranked 281,508^th in the world and 1,343^rd in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -11.03 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.