The Republic of Vorulis is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, public floggings, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 3.863 billion Vorulisians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vorulisian economy, worth 178 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,162 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Smoking is banned in public areas, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vorulis's national animal is the Lynx, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Vorulis is ranked 141,884^th in the world and 129^th in Valerian Reach for Most Developed, scoring 56.73 on the Human Development Index.