The Scientific Super Colliders of Vostrov is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by P M Kendrick Jovita Demetrius Andreas with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.996 billion Vostrovs love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Site 17 of Large Hadron Super Collider. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Vostrov economy, worth a remarkable 3,709 trillion Universal and Reliable Valentian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 231,925 Universal and Reliable Valentian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vostrov's national animal is the Efficient en Reliable Yet Cuddly Android, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism Amongst Many Other Religions.

Vostrov is ranked 1,829^th in the world and 3^rd in The Free Nations Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 148.22 law-abiding acts per hour.