The Grand Duchy of Veldenau is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working population of 56 million Veldenauans 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 22.1%.

The strong Veldenauan economy, worth 3.65 trillion schillings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,154 schillings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Toilet paper is considered a non-essential item in the embargo against Brasilistan, there's no representation without taxation, all facts are created equal, and stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Veldenau's national animal is the red deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Veldenau is ranked 152,052^nd in the world and 169^th in Aesica for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,488.05 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.