The Federal Monarchy of Vuspista is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Crown Prince Wolfgang Scholtz with an even hand, and remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.611 billion Vuspistans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holanheim. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vuspistan economy, worth 174 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,399 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist, a government program is underway to revitalize Vuspista's beaches, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, and strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vuspista's national animal is the White Tern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Vuspista is ranked 168,430^th in the world and 6,476^th in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 317.79 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.