The Rogue Nation of VanthaKing is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 514 million Vanthalisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 32.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped VanthaKingian economy, worth 13.6 trillion Vanns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,477 Vanns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, and VanthaKing is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. VanthaKing's national animal is the Snapping Turtle.

VanthaKing is ranked 202,815^th in the world and 7,535^th in Suspicious for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -3.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.