The Incorporated Republic of BlackandGold is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Board of Directors with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, avowedly heterosexual populace, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 48.554 billion Vinlandians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whitefall. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient BlackandGoldian economy, worth an astonishing 15,979 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 329,108 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,228,477 per year while the poor average 17,901, a ratio of 124 to 1.

Punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up, the lives of former ski town residents are going downhill, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, and TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. BlackandGold's national animal is the Tasmanian devil, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

BlackandGold is ranked 13,666^th in the world and 24^th in Yggdrasil for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 9,759.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.