The Civic Republic of Vistora is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chief Executive Rila Halicon with an even hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, complete lack of prisons, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 19.327 billion Vistorans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry, Healthcare, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zero Sector. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Vistoran economy, worth a remarkable 7,916 trillion Ciras a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 409,604 Ciras, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,306,609 per year while the poor average 35,865, a ratio of 64.3 to 1.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, glamping Vistorans won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vistora's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vistora is ranked 1,462^nd in the world and 3^rd in Rosaceae Sanguinare for Most Cultured, scoring 315 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.