The Federal Democratic Republic of Vancovaria is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by YK Milton with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.316 billion Vancovarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vancopolis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Vancovarian economy, worth a remarkable 8,429 trillion vaneroes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 377,751 vaneroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The price of freedom is about half a million vaneroes, the leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace', would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and annual Formula One races bring the capital to a screeching halt. Crime is totally unknown. Vancovaria's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vancovaria is ranked 304,614^th in the world and 222^nd in The Social Liberal Union for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 13.38 on the Bus Surprisal Index.