The Queendom of Vold is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, otherworldly petting zoo, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical population of 710 million Voldish are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velara. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Voldish economy, worth 37.2 trillion Kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 52,411 Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Commuters regularly break the sound barrier -- and several bones, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, golden eagles have more rights than the average citizen, and cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vold's national animal is the golden eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vold is ranked 48,878^th in the world and 40^th in Aesica for Largest Governments, scoring 22.83 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.