The Christmas Winter Wonderland of Volaworand is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Acting Prime Minister Alan Nick Duncan with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.331 billion Volaworandians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rothera. The average income tax rate is 39.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Volaworandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,766 trillion Candy Cane Pound Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 212,069 Candy Cane Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, the government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television, and the nation's biggest export is stupidity. Crime is totally unknown. Volaworand's national animal is the Reindeer Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Recreational Blasphemy.

Volaworand is ranked 243,671^st in the world and 10,906^th in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 5.33 Obesity Rate.