The Federal Republic of Valemora is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Emric Lucien Caelmont with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.238 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 79.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valemoran economy, worth 140 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 113,738 ℳ minats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Beggars lack pockets for spare change, people make a career out of medical voyeurism, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, and wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps. 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 12,092^nd in the world and 315^th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 106 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.