The Federal Republic of Vesuva is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Akal Pakal with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.379 billion Vesuvans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changeling. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vesuvan economy, worth a remarkable 3,110 trillion Vesuvan dollars 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 152,616 Vesuvan dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weekends are spent tilting at windmills, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, and gift baskets often contain working nukes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesuva's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesuva is ranked 4,348^th in the world and 212^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 119.93 law-abiding acts per hour.