The Penguinite Kleptocracy of Volaworand is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Acting Prime Minister Alan Duncan with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 12.544 billion Volaworandians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rothera. The average income tax rate is 8.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Volaworandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,749 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 219,172 Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days, foreign football clubs wave the Volaworandian flag before every game, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Volaworand's national animal is the Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Volaworand is ranked 43,857^th in the world and 903^rd in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,365.36 on the Gilded Widget Scale.