The Grand Duchy of Vesait is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 128 million Vesaitians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Vesaitian economy, worth 8.63 trillion Plolts 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 67,457 Plolts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Those on cloud nine have been relocated to cloud negative six, recent events in Dàguó have been classified 'for Leader's eyes only', the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, and in a desperate bid for cheap airfare Vesaitians can be seen jogging in a rubber suit just before flying. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesait's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesait is ranked 217,354^th in the world and 7^th in Potato World for Fattest Citizens, with 8.88 Obesity Rate.