The Holy Empire of Valentine 7 is a titanic, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 13.921 billion Valentine 7ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Valentine 7ian economy, worth 278 trillion Valentian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 19,986 Valentian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving, groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, re-education centers are being added to most prisons, and large sections of Valentine 7 have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valentine 7's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valentine 7 is ranked 170,388^th in the world and 11^th in Sonnel for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 527.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.