The Republic of Vaulo is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.876 billion Vauloans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vauloan economy, worth 157 trillion rupees a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,554 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, father-son fishing trips have been banned, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime is moderate. Vaulo's national animal is the wolf.

Vaulo is ranked 220,946^th in the world and 727^th in Dimmersun for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.