The Department of Vendee is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Benoît Brocart with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The cynical, devout population of 18.569 billion Vendéens 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Roche-sur-Yon. The average income tax rate is 31.7%.

The strong Vendéen economy, worth a remarkable 1,341 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,258 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

All telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vendee's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Vendee is ranked 174,702^nd in the world and 102^nd in Department Store for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,472.19 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.