The Republic of Votheutan is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 178 million Votheutanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 18.3%.

The Votheutanian economy, worth 11.2 trillion Vouts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 62,976 Vouts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Children are sent to either religious or secular schools, the team in charge of creating a new writing system have spent months deciding whether or not to use serif or sans-serif characters, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, and Leader claims to be the epitome of family values. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Votheutan's national animal is the Komodo dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Votheutan is ranked 17,254^th in the world and 666^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,296.89 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.