The Republic of Vulonia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Georgio Lamaro with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 9.273 billion Vulonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santa Pantela. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vulonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,170 trillion Vistoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,173 Vistoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even secular Vulonians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", government policies change at the drop of a rabbit, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, and roaming gangsters have been replaced by roaming drunkards. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vulonia's national animal is the Stoat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Vulonism.

Vulonia is ranked 76,332^nd in the world and 277^th in Europe for Largest Populations, with 9.27 billion capita.