The Federation of Velle Bene is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Ezra Johannes Anderson V with an even hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.435 billion Velbenites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Welfare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Paullus. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Velle Benean economy, worth 320 trillion luxes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 59,000 luxes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, and traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Velle Bene's national animal is the secretary bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Void.

Velle Bene is ranked 257,199^th in the world and 9,775^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 14,219.04 Standard Monetary Units.