The Federal Republic of Valemora is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Emric Lucien Caelmont with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.213 billion Valemorans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurivienne. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valemoran economy, worth 137 trillion ℳ minats a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,302 ℳ minats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The only thing that can pin down a "superhero" is red tape, recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, and beggars lack pockets for spare change. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valemora's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Valemora is ranked 259,653^rd in the world and 3,592^nd in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 7.07 Obesity Rate.