The Democratic States of Vakenkard is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and avant-garde cinema. The cynical population of 3.022 billion Vakenkardians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vakenkardian economy, worth 159 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,627 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts, the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market, and some say that Leader can't handle the truth but can handle truth-seekers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vakenkard's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Vakenkard is ranked 259,272^nd in the world and 13^th in Vakenkardia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.79 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.