The Federal Republic of Vilbonde is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by the Executive Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working population of 20.469 billion Vilbondeans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Founder's Bay. The average income tax rate is 9.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vilbondean economy, worth a remarkable 2,958 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,553 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vaccinations are mandatory, citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, and there's more vermin than ever on the metro. Crime is totally unknown. Vilbonde's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vilbonde is ranked 12,944^th in the world and 231^st in the South Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 4 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.