The Green and yellow of Vivant is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by an elected president with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 30.526 billion Vivantians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Trudo. The average income tax rate is 5.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Vivantian economy, worth a remarkable 5,538 trillion BTWS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,421 BTWS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Vivant. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Vivant's national animal is the BTW, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vivant is ranked 270,622^nd in the world and 10,127^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 54.3 pounds of wildlife per square mile.