The Republic of Vansberg is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and avant-garde cinema. The cynical, devout population of 4.317 billion Vansbergians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.6%.

The very strong Vansbergian economy, worth 335 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 77,698 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Euthanasia is legal, little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police, the ban on cars has been repealed, and edutainment video games are taking Vansberg's students to the next level. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vansberg's national animal is the Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vansberg is ranked 19,100^th in the world and 9^th in Valerian Reach for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,869.88 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.