The Federal Democratic Republic of Vancovaria is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by YK Milton with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.014 billion Vancovarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vancopolis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Vancovarian economy, worth an astonishing 10,157 trillion vaneroes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 406,064 vaneroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The official Vancovarian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, the best defense is a good fence, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks. Crime is totally unknown. Vancovaria's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vancovaria is ranked 291,792^nd in the world and 97^th in The Social Liberal Union for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -68.66 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.