The United Star Empire of Valinon is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Empress Friedelinde Alderman with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, national health service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 45.551 billion Valinors enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Köln. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Valinonian economy, worth an astonishing 18,276 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 401,240 Reichsmarks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,205,523 per year while the poor average 104,247, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, the media seems excessively interested in what Empress Friedelinde Alderman is wearing this season, and exploding toys that leak battery acid are back in the shops after the government declared child safety 'over-rated'. Crime is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Valinon's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Valinon is ranked 1^st in the world and 1^st in Raumreich Oversector for Lowest Crime Rates, with zero law-abiding acts per hour.