The Republic-Empire of Viscland is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Bay with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.03 billion Visclanders enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Boxcester. The average income tax rate is 62.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Visclandian economy, worth 915 trillion Viscland Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,800 Viscland Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas", the standard police uniform now comes with several colours of belt, the nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Prime Minister Bay's wardrobe. Crime is totally unknown. Viscland's national animal is the European Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Viscland is ranked 8,599^th in the world and 151^st in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 439.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.