The Freeroaming Folks of Vicken is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Vixen Queene Laniel with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 8.024 billion Vickenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingfisher Town. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Vickenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,220 trillion Jots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 276,785 Jots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maxtopian villagers starve by the time Vickenian officials even file the appropriate paperwork needed to help them, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and children prefer to begin their day with push-ups rather than breakfast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vicken's national animal is the kingfisher, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Animism.

Vicken is ranked 981^st in the world and 24^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 171.73 law-abiding acts per hour.