The United Socialist States of Vendosam is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 705 million Vendosamians 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of vendosime. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vendosamian economy, worth 83.5 trillion Stars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,394 Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, the latest tariff war with Dàguó is a car crash in slow motion, lifelong celibates are surprised to receive government-issue condoms in the post, and orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vendosam's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vendosam is ranked 125,526^th in the world and 6^th in Polar South for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,618.99 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.