The Workers' People's Republic of VonelHeim is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lucifer Hertz with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.666 billion Vonelians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of VonelHaim Stadt. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vonelyanets economy, worth 114 trillion VonelMarks 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 68,755 VonelMarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government enforces a policy of 'from each according to their ability, to each according to the available budget', unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Vonelyanets language, and VonelHeim's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. VonelHeim's national animal is the Black Crow and its national religion is Scientific Atheism.

VonelHeim is ranked 18,097^th in the world and 6^th in Communist Allied Defense Organization for Safest, scoring 114.93 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.