The Federal Republic of Vilbonde is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by the Executive Council with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 20.332 billion Vilbondeans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Founder's Bay. The average income tax rate is 9.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vilbondean economy, worth a remarkable 2,939 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,553 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vaccinations are mandatory, citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, and there's more vermin than ever on the metro. Crime is totally unknown. Vilbonde's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vilbonde is ranked 204,059^th in the world and 1,112^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 457 billion Standard Monetary Units.