The United Socialist States of Vilthis is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Politburo Standing Committee with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.436 billion Vilthisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vilthispolis. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vilthisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,616 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 217,336 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The army consists of only generals and grunts, living well is no longer the best kind of revenge, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Vilthis's national animal is the Merlion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Vilthis is ranked 4,353^rd in the world and 12^th in The Internationale for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 599.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.