The Holy Catholic Kingdom of La Vendee is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Étienne I with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, public floggings, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 14.74 billion Vendeeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Louis. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vendeean economy, worth a remarkable 1,677 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,775 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands, a state-funded project is investigating whether the moon is made of cheese, the nation's WA representatives have received a very public sacking after La Vendee allowed its WA membership to lapse, and you can't spell society without CIS. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Vendee's national animal is the Woolly mammoth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

La Vendee is ranked 248,064^th in the world and 77^th in Catholic for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.76 kickbacks per hour.