The United Socialist States of Valan Prala is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its national health service, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 496 million Valan Pralans 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 Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valangrad. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valan Pralan economy, worth 60.7 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 122,300 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diaper-wrapped shawarma is a fan-favorite, Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal, politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valan Prala's national animal is the Vampire, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Valan Prala is ranked 302,997^th in the world and 639^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.