The Cutting Edge of Valyrian Steel is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Eddard Stark with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 28.051 billion Valyrian Steelians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of King's Landing. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Valyrian Steelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,925 trillion valyrians a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 68,626 valyrians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, there is a growing belief that mothers love their children more than fathers, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valyrian Steel's national animal is the direwolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Valyrian Steel is ranked 172,958^th in the world and 650^th in 10000 Islands for Most Devout, with 10.19 Prayers Per Hour.