The Homicide of TVL7 is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Hoodlum with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.544 billion Vandals 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient TVL7ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,084 trillion Forgeries a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,894 Forgeries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, card players are calling the government's bluff on anti-gambling legislation, and antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TVL7's national animal is the dolph, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vandalism.

TVL7 is ranked 35,594^th in the world and 3^rd in Heidelberg Castle for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,089.12 on the Gilded Widget Scale.