The United Provinces of Nothark Vilum is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Hergonn Voelhr with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 9.636 billion Vilumians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Etterkadt. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Vilumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,664 trillion Okatts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,743 Okatts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trickle-down healthcare props up the poorest in society, everything stops come summertime, diplomats expel enough hot air to cause forest fires, and Vilumian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Hergonn Voelhr. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nothark Vilum's national animal is the Black Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nothark Vilum is ranked 5,340^th in the world and 1^st in Edris for Most Developed, scoring 94.24 on the Human Development Index.