The Federation of Vul Handa is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.307 billion Vul Handans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Vul Handan economy, worth 103 trillion dollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 44,884 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, Vul Handan watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, and the government has undertaken a massive health education program to combat VODAIS. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vul Handa's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vul Handa is ranked 158,635^th in the world and 1^st in mater tua pinguis for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 134.15 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.