The Free Land of Valkyrie of Astraea LII Faustina is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 444 million Valkyrie of Astraea LII Faustinans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 5.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Valkyrie of Astraea LII Faustinan economy, worth 18.0 trillion Rainbows a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,594 Rainbows, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

It is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Valkyrie of Astraea LII Faustina's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valkyrie of Astraea LII Faustina is ranked 67,657^th in the world and 1^st in Uyghuristan for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,535.06 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.