The Vault 13 of Zumrudqislaq is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Overseer with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, digital currency, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.908 billion Vaultdwellers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vault 13. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Zumrudqislaqian economy, worth 372 trillion bottle caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 195,154 bottle caps, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,787,943 per year while the poor average 2,272, a ratio of 786 to 1.

Only the richest get to see out of their windows, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, there's more vermin than ever on the metro, and people say that smog must be good for you because of its healthy green colour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Zumrudqislaq's national animal is the Vault Boy, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Vault-Tecism.

Zumrudqislaq is ranked 209,546^th in the world and 5^th in The Dominion of Order for Largest Populations, with 1.91 billion capita.