The Commonwealth of Vauquelin is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 418 million Vauquelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Vauquelian economy, worth 18.4 trillion livres a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,949 livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Customer satisfaction with online delivery services is at an all time high, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, Vauquelin's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vauquelin's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vauquelin is ranked 88,753^rd in the world and 2,862^nd in The North Pacific for Most Stationary, with 80.63486506032 Days.