The United Provinces of Nothark Vilum is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Hergonn Voelhr with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 9.829 billion Vilumians 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Etterkadt. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Vilumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,707 trillion Okatts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 173,765 Okatts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vilumian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Hergonn Voelhr, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, there is one competing standard, and diplomatic missions are often mistaken as declarations of war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nothark Vilum's national animal is the Black Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nothark Vilum is ranked 4,099^th in the world and 1^st in Edris for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 10,378.65 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.