The Grand Duchy of Vaughlack is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 129 million Vaughlackers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vaughlackian economy, worth 8.49 trillion Soliduses a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,823 Soliduses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies, and ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaughlack's national animal is the Anatosaura, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vaughlack is ranked 307,424^th in the world and 1,014^th in Europeia for Largest Black Market, with 10.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.