The Dictatorship of Vivoria is a small, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 40 million Vivorians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 62.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Vivorian economy, worth 1.45 trillion Viriums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,241 Viriums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Leader's office, children are expected to carve their own toys, statistics show that terrorists often come from broken families, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vivoria's national animal is the Tiger Shark.

Vivoria is ranked 87,409^th in the world and 579^th in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 16.52 flags saluted per person per day.