The United Star Empire of Valinon is a behemoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Empress Friedelinde Alderman with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 50.745 billion Valinors enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Köln. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Valinonian economy, worth an astonishing 20,426 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 402,529 Reichsmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Estate agents justify funky smells by revealing how often the previous owners showered, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, money grows on trees, and the newest shade developed by Valinon's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange'. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Valinon's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Valinon is ranked 1,631^st in the world and 1^st in Raumreich Oversector for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 884.05 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.