The Commonwealth of Vaasenburg is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.084 billion Vaasenburgians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gracemeria. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Vaasenburgian economy, worth 195 trillion Vilkas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,983 Vilkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The army consists of only generals and grunts, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaasenburg's national animal is the Broad Tailed Hummingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vaasenburg is ranked 289,186^th in the world and 1,133^rd in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -226.86 on the Scary Big Number Scale.