The People's Republic of Vasconia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Eurico I Miranda with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.553 billion Vasconians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Januario. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Vasconian economy, worth 292 trillion Rebaixamentoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 82,269 Rebaixamentoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, a friend in need is a friend with nuclear greed, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vasconia's national animal is the Crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Vasco.

Vasconia is ranked 294,674^th in the world and 11,764^th in Osiris for Nudest, with 23.5 cheeks per square mile.