The Pompotous Praëff of Vastarda is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Most High Priestress VickI Vatardas with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 17.857 billion Vastards are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luvulvas. The average income tax rate is 84.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Vastardan economy, worth a remarkable 2,562 trillion Nominal Amounts a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 143,488 Nominal Amounts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The newest shade developed by Vastarda's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', retail stores are known for creating their own oddly-similar holidays in the months preceding any major festivity, Most High Priestress VickI Vatardas's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars, and the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vastarda's national animal is the Vastardan Gilded Sparrow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Junejulist Congregatarin.

Vastarda is ranked 179,225^th in the world and 4^th in Axixic Prime for Safest, scoring 56.75 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.