The Federal Republic of Valdano is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by President Dean with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 21.016 billion Valdanoans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valdano Capital Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 84.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valdanoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,100 trillion Argentums a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 147,506 Argentums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks, the economy is green and the air is black, and there's more than one way to skin a diplomat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valdano's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valdano is ranked 330,188^th in the world and 8^th in Valderon for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -24.95 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.