The United Socialist States of Volkstonia is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 739 million Volkstonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Volksord. The average income tax rate is 85.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Volkstonian economy, worth 90.1 trillion Volksmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 121,883 Volksmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, literally voiceless people are unable to protest when food and water are denied to them, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, and the Volkstonian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volkstonia's national animal is the Volkstonian Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Volkstonia is ranked 10,372^nd in the world and 4^th in Talonia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.54 law-abiding acts per hour.