The Federation of Vanguard of Federation of Vanguard is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Andrew Carmak with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 7.773 billion Orosians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ximas. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,225 trillion Akroes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,671 Akroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's ballot sheets often contain ten-thousand word manifestos for each party, jaywalking will put an end to a family tree, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, and diplomacy is a foreign concept to Orosians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federation of Vanguard's national animal is the Akrotosian Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pisaism.

Federation of Vanguard is ranked 17,635^th in the world and 512^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.26 law-abiding acts per hour.