The Federal Republic of Valemora is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emric Lucien Caelmont with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.258 billion Valemorans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurivienne. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valemoran economy, worth 143 trillion ℳ minats a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,338 ℳ minats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Behind every great person are three dozen other people passing great memos, the military's newest anti-tank strategy is throwing a landmine like a frisbee, Emric Lucien Caelmont's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valemora's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Valemora is ranked 49,720^th in the world and 680^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 114,338.52 Standard Monetary Units.