The District of Vanastry is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 39.482 billion Vanastryians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 9.8%.

The thriving Vanastryian economy, worth a remarkable 2,259 trillion betales a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 57,234 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, education and welfare spending are on the rise, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and Vanastry has designated District City as its capital city. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vanastry's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vanastry is ranked 229,515^th in the world and 1^st in The Northsmen for Safest, scoring 44.18 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.