The Empire of Vanoia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 346 million Vanotians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 11.9%.

The very strong Vanoian economy, worth 29.5 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,272 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies, and thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors. Crime is totally unknown. Vanoia's national animal is the Wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Vanoia is ranked 27,678^th in the world and 71^st in Concord for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,266.65 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.