The Federation of Vanguard of Federation of Vanguard is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Andrew Carmak with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 6.278 billion Orosians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ximas. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,010 trillion Akroes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 160,931 Akroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's ballot sheets often contain ten-thousand word manifestos for each party, jaywalking will put an end to a family tree, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, and diplomacy is a foreign concept to Orosians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federation of Vanguard's national animal is the Akrotosian Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pisaism.

Federation of Vanguard is ranked 7,668^th in the world and 377^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 463.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.