The Red Queendom of Vold is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Iselin I with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.115 billion Voldish are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velara. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Voldish economy, worth 99.0 trillion Kronor a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,809 Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Life is short but human kindness is endless, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, and children on trains ask what the weird-looking billboards with arrows are for. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vold's national animal is the firebird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vold is ranked 306,870^th in the world and 291^st in Aesica for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 22.52 on the Bus Surprisal Index.