The Skjöldung Guild Democracy of Vaalid is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Brandon Monch with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 5.819 billion Vaalidians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trita City. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vaalidian economy, worth 737 trillion Catels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 126,744 Catels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mosh pits are a common phenomenon in Brandon Monch's political rallies, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, if they thought anyone would listen the older generation would likely say that nobody listens to them any more, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaalid's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is New Nordic.

Vaalid is ranked 47,197^th in the world and 1^st in Scandorid Continent for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.61 law-abiding acts per hour.