The Emirate of Valezinia is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 10 million Valezinis are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The thriving Valezini economy, worth 751 billion Valezini Pesos a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 75,121 Valezini Pesos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 273,727 per year while the poor average 14,650, a ratio of 18.7 to 1.

Prison is a nightmare, extreme political groups are outlawed, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Valezinia's national animal is the Valezini Deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Valezinia is ranked 323,291^st in the world and 52^nd in Philosophers for Largest Black Market, with 2.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.