The Republic of Vastan is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by State Affairs Advisor Patun Saramat with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.998 billion Vastanvi 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vastan. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Vastanvi economy, worth 395 trillion serads 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 major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is 49,435 serads, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, living well is no longer the best kind of revenge, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vastan's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vastan is ranked 83,142^nd in the world and 6^th in Osagh for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,476.7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.