The Progressive Republic of VuVuVaz is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Cody Camille Veronica Vu Marcy Broderick with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 11.072 billion VuVuVazians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eegatustees. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient VuVuVazian economy, worth a remarkable 2,610 trillion Wongas 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 Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 an amazing 235,793 Wongas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, coat closets are being re-branded as bedrooms, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. VuVuVaz's national animal is the Qwinty, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

VuVuVaz is ranked 329,646^th in the world and 17,779^th in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -18.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.