The Meteorological Office of Vandrel is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Archie Bell with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, ubiquitous missile silos, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 45.998 billion Vandrelians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jaberwoky. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Vandrelian economy, worth a remarkable 4,480 trillion Drels a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,408 Drels, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 343,584 per year while the poor average 19,977, a ratio of 17.2 to 1.

Foreign workers are flooding in as Drels flood out, surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, Big Belly is watching you, and voters are one of the nation's top imports. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Vandrel's national animal is the Jubjub Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vandrel is ranked 285,305^th in the world and 9^th in The Arctic for Nicest Citizens, with 0.92 average smiles per day.