The United Socialist States of Valan Prala is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 431 million Valan Pralans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valangrad. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Valan Pralan economy, worth 50.8 trillion Marks 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 117,980 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, a shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valan Prala's national animal is the Raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Valan Prala is ranked 157,976^th in the world and 331^st in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,320.67 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.