The Clad in Gold Republic of Valrknut is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Riders with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 23.18 billion Valrutians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montemare. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Valrutian economy, worth an astonishing 17,212 trillion St Johns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 742,538 St Johns, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,591,022 per year while the poor average 89,071, a ratio of 40.3 to 1.

Older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one, and the country is preparing for war. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Valrknut's national animal is the Winged Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of Nyarlathotep.

Valrknut is ranked 114,427^th in the world and 2^nd in Ancient Epic League of Epicness for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 149.3 on the Clooney Contribution Index.