The Constitutional Monarchy of New Valdres is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Bear with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.694 billion New Valdresians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elkwood. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Valdresian economy, worth 577 trillion crowns a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,226 crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, shopping comes bagged and tagged, imitation is the sincerest form of felony, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Valdres's national animal is the moose, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

New Valdres is ranked 7,974^th in the world and 2^nd in Alliance of Pkardia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 14,725.15 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.