The State of Vondette is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.56 billion Vondetteans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The very strong Vondettean economy, worth 439 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 66,980 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 300,737 per year while the poor average 9,219, a ratio of 32.6 to 1.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, Vondette has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Vondette in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Vondette's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Vondette is ranked 251,174^th in the world and 1^st in the Republic of Romania for Lowest Crime Rates, with 51.48 law-abiding acts per hour.