The Kingdom of Vassenor is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Xanthe I with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 30.776 billion Vassenorians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Albertine. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vassenorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,766 trillion Karrens a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,391 Karrens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids, chickens frolic freely on swings and roundabouts in St Albertine's playgrounds, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vassenor's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vassenor is ranked 140,596^th in the world and 11^th in The Transgender Region for Highest Average Incomes, with 57,391.52 Standard Monetary Units.