The Theocracy of Vaugarde is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 658 million Vaugardians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jouvente. The average income tax rate is 64.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Vaugardian economy, worth 23.2 trillion silver coins a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,310 silver coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, Vaugarde has designated Jouvente as its capital city, retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals, and kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Vaugarde's national animal is the frog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vaugarde is ranked 237,658^th in the world and 819^th in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -98.8 on the Scary Big Number Scale.