The Republic of Valce is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 319 million Valcedas are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valce city. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Valcean economy, worth 20.8 trillion Real valcedas a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,315 Real valcedas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Valcedas, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valce's national animal is the Grifo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valce is ranked 145,351^st in the world and 2^nd in Neo Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 67.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.