The Most Serene Republic of Valmostria is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 411 million Valmostrians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The strong Valmostrian economy, worth 23.8 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Gambling. Average income is 57,914 marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, Harry Potter books are banned, and politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Valmostria's national animal is the horse.

Valmostria is ranked 110,670^th in the world and 270^th in Starlight for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 89.72 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.