The Incorporated States of Vrakenalk is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18 million Vrakenalkites are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The thriving Vrakenalkite economy, worth 1.26 trillion Kroner a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 69,757 Kroner, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 346,787 per year while the poor average 7,932, a ratio of 43.7 to 1.

The government is often referred to as "the biggest drug dealer in the nation", corporations are either above the law or corrupting it, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, and frustrated teenage boys are told that if they like it then they should have put a ring on it. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Vrakenalk's national animal is the Marsh Crawlers, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vrakenalk is ranked 211,811^th in the world and 7,324^th in The East Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 21.2 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.