The Federal Republic of Vindsberg is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Thorfin with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.475 billion Vindsbergians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brunholl. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vindsbergian economy, worth 207 trillion Kronor a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,484 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, clerics are taught that silence is golden and duct tape is silver, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vindsberg's national animal is the Moose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Vindsberg is ranked 129,761^st in the world and 27^th in Scandinavia for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,408.05 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.