The Kingdom of Valongo is a huge, safe nation, ruled by William II with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 861 million valongoans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monte D'Ouro. The average income tax rate is 48.2%.

The frighteningly efficient valongoan economy, worth 107 trillion coroas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 125,414 coroas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

It isn't 'real music' without several cannons, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, the fishing lobby has stemmed the tide of environmental regulations, and maned wolves with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped. Crime is totally unknown. Valongo's national animal is the maned wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valongo is ranked 137,641^st in the world and 373^rd in Carcassonne for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,943.23 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.