The Planet of Volson is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ritual sacrifices, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.06 billion Volsonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 54.9%.

The all-consuming Volsonian economy, worth 209 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,802 Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, and politicians are battling inequality by declaring themselves better than everyone else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volson's national animal is the Kabasan Poverty Hound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Volson is ranked 239,921^st in the world and 18^th in Firmament for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.