The People's Republic of Valgocia is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and anti-smoking policies. The cynical population of 128 million Valgocians 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 large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 49.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Valgocian economy, worth 7.23 trillion Cores a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,485 Cores, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recorded music can be rented but not bought from record companies, builders across Valgocia are blocked up with orders for new public loos, solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, and wedding bands come in pairs to form wedding manacles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valgocia's national animal is the Valgocian Tiger.

Valgocia is ranked 58,568^th in the world and 252^nd in Concord for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 3,366.59 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.