The Federation of Vastelia is a huge, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 717 million Vastelians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kanisburg. The average income tax rate is 19.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vastelian economy, worth 35.4 trillion Vants a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,391 Vants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The CEO of Laws Incorporated must sign off on all new bills, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and gay men commonly complain about their time of the month. Crime is almost non-existent. Vastelia's national animal is the Fox.

Vastelia is ranked 212,652^nd in the world and 3^rd in Upstate New York for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 267.18 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.