The Coldston of Avalon Buranda is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by John james with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, devout population of 8.097 billion Avalon Burandans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ABDCCC. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Avalon Burandan economy, worth 708 trillion Cold coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,475 Cold coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, clairvoyants and soothsayers find fellowship at their local McRonalds, people still need you and they still feed you when you're sixty-five, and superfoods are often seen as supervillains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Avalon Buranda's national animal is the gigamoose cold spider and bluelobster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cold ton.

Avalon Buranda is ranked 32,491^st in the world and 14^th in Kerbals of the North for Safest, scoring 108.13 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.