The Incorporated Republic of BlackandGold is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Board of Directors with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, free-roaming dinosaurs, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 39.642 billion Vinlandians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whitefall. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient BlackandGoldian economy, worth an astonishing 12,888 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 325,111 Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,696,562 per year while the poor average 33,535, a ratio of 50.6 to 1.

Birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, the only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, and social care for the elderly consists of a self help leaflet and a kick on the backside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. BlackandGold's national animal is the Tasmanian devil, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

BlackandGold is ranked 38,533^rd in the world and 80^th in Yggdrasil for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,549.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.