The Republic of Van Fleet Space Zone is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.968 billion Van Fleet Space Zoneans 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Van Fleet Space Zonean economy, worth 644 trillion dinars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,497 dinars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 549,971 per year while the poor average 35,481, a ratio of 15.5 to 1.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, foreign nationals are widely distrusted, and disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Van Fleet Space Zone's national animal is the star deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Van Fleet Space Zone is ranked 299,813^th in the world and 503^rd in International Puppet Storage for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -7.79 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.