The State of Vie Haig is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 42.367 billion Vie Haigians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The very strong Vie Haigian economy, worth a remarkable 1,919 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is 45,298 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 307,972 per year while the poor average 2,433, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, euthanasia is legal, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Vie Haig has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Vie Haig's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vie Haig is ranked 13,024^th in the world and 1^st in Vie Haig for Fattest Citizens, with 16.94 Obesity Rate.