The Free Land of Vintony is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 17.616 billion Wintonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wintopedia. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vintonyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,301 trillion smollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,627 smollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations, ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, neon signs promoting safe driving often distract drivers, and students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations. Crime is totally unknown. Vintony's national animal is the College student, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vintony is ranked 27,677^th in the world and 2^nd in Exodus for Most Cultured, scoring 82 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.