The Red High Athelingric of Valoptia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leofric Frost with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.272 billion Valoptians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Valoptian economy, worth a remarkable 2,089 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 489,049 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,674,951 per year while the poor average 104,892, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, and residential tower blocks are surrounded by warrens of concrete tunnels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valoptia's national animal is the red panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gnosticism.

Valoptia is ranked 104,297^th in the world and 128^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,650.71 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.