The Red High Athelingric of Valoptia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leofric Frost with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.328 billion Valoptians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Valoptian economy, worth a remarkable 2,118 trillion pounds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. 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 an amazing 489,427 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,569,137 per year while the poor average 115,795, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

Any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, atheists on vacation find Gnosticism's scriptures make useful doorstops, the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones, and Valoptians believe manners maketh the leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valoptia's national animal is the red panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gnosticism.

Valoptia is ranked 282,781^st in the world and 1,347^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 4.55 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.