The Federal Republic of Vinandia is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.007 billion Vinandians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kosfo City. The average income tax rate is 6.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vinandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion Cruncs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 167,962 Cruncs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, large areas of Vinandia are not accessible by the public, farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Vinandia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Vinandia is ranked 17,714^th in the world and 737^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 96 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.