The United Socialist States of Volkslebenian Archives is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.09 billion citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish citizen economy, worth 173 trillion Volksmarks 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 Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 24,492 Volksmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volkslebenian Archives's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Volkslebenian Archives is ranked 29,669^th in the world and 13^th in Aurora for Safest, scoring 109.13 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.