The Vineyard Laden Bastions of Vinslott is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jesper Fridén with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 10.22 billion Vinslottars are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Förslott. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vinslottian economy, worth a remarkable 1,674 trillion Kronars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 163,812 Kronars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,336,473 per year while the poor average 4,346, a ratio of 307 to 1.

Immigrant Maxtopians are routinely sold on popular internet auction sites, most Vinslottian video games are banned in other countries, pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches, and the might of the entire Vinslottian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vinslott's national animal is the Ulf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vinslott is ranked 2,021^st in the world and 4^th in Nordic Lands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 242.69 on the Bus Surprisal Index.