The Kingdom of Vyke is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed population of 8.33 billion Vykeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government prioritizes Law & Order, although Administration, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.7%.

The Vykean economy, worth 393 trillion lire a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,266 lire, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

The homeless more often beg for mercy than money, advertisements read like science journal articles complete with extensive references, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vyke's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vyke is ranked 233,126^th in the world and 2,823^rd in Remembrance for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.