The Community of The Vigilant Order is a massive, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.291 billion Vigilants are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.5%.

The very strong Vigilant economy, worth 75.6 trillion Diarchist Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 58,597 Diarchist Bits, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

The Vigilant Order has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Vigilants make research institutes rich, and sweat stains are proof of political acumen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Vigilant Order's national animal is the Poodle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Vigilant Order is ranked 148,934^th in the world and 117^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,321.73 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.