The Republic of Valcadia is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.272 billion Valcadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Valcadian economy, worth 108 trillion Valcadian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,652 Valcadian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valcadia's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valcadia is ranked 157,499^th in the world and 7,415^th in Balder for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,423.68 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.