The Commonwealth of Vonbrunnenfountain is a massive, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.59 billion Vonbrunnenfountainians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 41.6%.

The powerhouse Vonbrunnenfountainian economy, worth 184 trillion Deneroes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 71,408 Deneroes, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows, businessmen walk out of meetings halfway because their shift is over, and dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vonbrunnenfountain's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vonbrunnenfountain is ranked 172,236^th in the world and 9^th in Fountainsprings for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -1.41 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.