The Empire of Varnese is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Kaiser kaleb with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.434 billion Varneeras 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Varnerea economy, worth 364 trillion VARNS a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,130 VARNS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, diplomatic cables about Kaiser kaleb have suddenly been very flattering, there are no more heroes any more, and government critics have noticed a lot of new neighbors with expensive surveillance equipment in their garages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varnese's national animal is the gold falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Varnese is ranked 256,260^th in the world and 254^th in KAISERREICH for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.07 on the Clooney Contribution Index.