The Socialist Republics of The Vally is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mahhamen Ghanin with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.41 billion Vallians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riwaer. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vallian economy, worth 640 trillion Vallers 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 major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,340 Vallers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, and lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Vally's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

The Vally is ranked 11,690^th in the world and 5^th in Blue Ridge for Nicest Citizens, with 28.74 average smiles per day.