The Imperial Commonwealth of Vaultshire is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Empress Rosemary Christensen with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 1.42 billion Vaultshireans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Klavis. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vaultshirean economy, worth 92.9 trillion Kroner a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,456 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Vaultshire are blocked up with orders for new public loos, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, anti-government web sites are springing up, and televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaultshire's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vaultshire is ranked 19,301^st in the world and 446^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,120.64 pounds of wildlife per square mile.