The Most Serene Republic of Voice of the Fire is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 7.655 billion Voice of the Fireans 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 61.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Voice of the Firean economy, worth 112 trillion Pennies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 14,685 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Voice of the Fire's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Voice of the Fire is ranked 298,598^th in the world and 1^st in Pithfolk for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.