The Scientific Super Colliders of Vostrov is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by P M Kendrick Jovita Demetrius Andreas with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, national health service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.85 billion Vostrovs love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Site 17 of Large Hadron Super Collider. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Vostrov economy, worth a remarkable 2,502 trillion Universal and Reliable Valentian Credits 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 230,646 Universal and Reliable Valentian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Complaining about Christmas music in October is a ho-ho-horrendous crime, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, there is a dearth of space for new houses, and unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vostrov's national animal is the Efficient en Reliable Yet Cuddly Android, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism Amongst Many Other Religions.

Vostrov is ranked 151,059^th in the world and 323^rd in The Free Nations Region for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 296.97 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.