The Federal Republic of Vaxn is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Haydius Dapwuv with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.372 billion Vaxnis 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sterkinsk. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vaxn economy, worth a remarkable 1,285 trillion zoltshas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 96,162 zoltshas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, government officials go door-to-door educating about the dangers of pseudoscience, and radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaxn's national animal is the red eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vaxn is ranked 215,517^th in the world and 123^rd in The Western Isles for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 26,444.57 Standard Monetary Units.