The Federation of Vaetonik is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Nigel Zyx with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 18.384 billion Vaetonikans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kraux. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Vaetonikian economy, worth a remarkable 1,361 trillion Dacs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,038 Dacs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, double-parking is on the rise as automobile numbers increase, the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaetonik's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vaetonik is ranked 27,077^th in the world and 7^th in Devia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 74.3 Effective Tax Rate.