The Commonwealth of Vaultshire is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 589 million Vaultshireans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Klavis. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Vaultshirean economy, worth 33.4 trillion Kroner 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 Book Publishing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 56,644 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, the traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face, some say Leader has gone MAD after authorizing the development of apocalyptic biological weapons, and no one knows how to tie a reef knot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaultshire's national animal is the Sea Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Vaultshire is ranked 25,364^th in the world and 368^th in Europe for Safest, scoring 111.21 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.