The Federation of Sera Valle is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Vey with an iron fist, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.657 billion Valleans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joehio. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Vallean economy, worth 387 trillion Vanes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 106,030 Vanes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 492,597 per year while the poor average 13,715, a ratio of 35.9 to 1.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", lumberjacks only use certified eco-friendly chainsaws, the Grinder at Fat Sal's Deli and Recycling Center is a national institution, and entomologists flock to Joehio for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sera Valle's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Better Yodlism.

Sera Valle is ranked 160,553^rd in the world and 103^rd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 325.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.