The Skjöldung Guild Democracy of Vaalid is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Harry Dunmer with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.698 billion Vaalidians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trita City. The average income tax rate is 59.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vaalidian economy, worth 617 trillion Catels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 131,434 Catels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks, and 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaalid's national animal is the Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is New Nordic.

Vaalid is ranked 50,619^th in the world and 2^nd in Scandorid Continent for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,904.81 on the Gilded Widget Scale.