The Pataphysical Mothman of Nova Vandalia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by George Tirebiter with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.25 billion Velociraptors enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of a Spandex Factory. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The thriving Funky economy, worth 505 trillion socks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 96,212 socks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in George Tirebiter's bedroom. Crime is totally unknown. Nova Vandalia's national animal is the Yam, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Tickling of Strangers.

Nova Vandalia is ranked 11,868^th in the world and 6^th in The Sasquatch Republic for Smartest Citizens, with 84.18 quips per hour.