The Confederacy of Vilesia is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 226 million Vilesians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vilesian economy, worth 11.8 trillion Vilecs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 52,108 Vilecs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are spontaneously attracted to each other, the first test of a good kindergartener is the quality of the sponge-baths they give, the government terminates employment with extreme prejudice, and tribal villagers hide behind the sofa when missionaries knock at their doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vilesia's national animal is the Vilesian cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vilesia is ranked 225,826^th in the world and 2^nd in Romneyland for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.27 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.