The Stratospheric Anomalies of Volutus is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.471 billion Volutusians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Volutusian economy, worth 748 trillion Clouds a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 71,498 Clouds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 304,665 per year while the poor average 10,789, a ratio of 28.2 to 1.

Death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", the country is preparing for war, people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled, and citizens sport solarium-kissed tans that are perfectly even except for the occasional melanoma. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Volutus's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Volutus is ranked 266,929^th in the world and 8^th in Warzone Airspace for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -0.32 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.