The Federal Republic of Vilbonde is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Executive Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 15.155 billion Vilbondeans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Founder's Bay. The average income tax rate is 17.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vilbondean economy, worth a remarkable 2,186 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,252 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, protests are legal but strictly supervised, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and skateboarding is considered a form of diplomacy. Crime is totally unknown. Vilbonde's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vilbonde is ranked 80,913^th in the world and 1,563^rd in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,161.82 on the Gilded Widget Scale.