The People's Republic of Valkyron Union is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Praetor with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.386 billion Valkyron Unionians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shangri-La. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming The Valkyron Union economy, worth 686 trillion Marks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,843 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, balaclava manufacturers are held criminally culpable for bank heists, wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valkyron Union's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Valkyron Union is ranked 270,169^th in the world and 10,262^nd in Lazarus for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -9.17 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.