The Worker's Red Republic of Valan Prala is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 533 million Valan Pralans 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valangrad. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valan Pralan economy, worth 66.9 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 125,532 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Valan Prala, and the dwindling faithful in the nation make expensive pilgrimages to the remaining places of worship. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valan Prala's national animal is the Vampire, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Valan Prala is ranked 97,674^th in the world and 248^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,755.08 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.