The Aegis Wing | Supreme Empire of Installation Vanguard is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by General of The Army | Valkyrie with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 5.381 billion Vanguardians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of λ-136. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Installation Vanguardian economy, worth 215 trillion Kitheoplean Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 39,975 Kitheoplean Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A The Black Dahlia Tourist Association survey has rated Installation Vanguard #1 for number twos, "General of The Army | Valkyrie got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, the λ-136 State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', and optometrists will see citizens in seconds but health inspectors won't be sighted for years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Installation Vanguard's national animal is the Vanguardian Mothman, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is NA.

Installation Vanguard is ranked 211,034^th in the world and 4^th in The Black Dahlia for Fattest Citizens, with 9.08 Obesity Rate.