The Progressive Republic of VuVuVaz is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Cody Camille Veronica Vu Broderick with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 7.046 billion VuVuVazians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eegatustees. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient VuVuVazian economy, worth a remarkable 1,142 trillion Wongas 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 162,109 Wongas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, the strong are acquitted and the weak are trampled in trial by a Qwinty, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, and catching an old friend by surprise on the street can be a shocking experience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. VuVuVaz's national animal is the Qwinty, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Order of the Violets.

VuVuVaz is ranked 6,166^th in the world and 22^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Cultured, scoring 151 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.