The People's Republic of Verenzia is a massive, safe nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.077 billion Verenzians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Verenzian economy, worth 104 trillion rens 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 96,570 rens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, they say that Verenzians made a dessert and called it peace, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verenzia's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verenzia is ranked 21,722^nd in the world and 388^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.46 law-abiding acts per hour.