The Republic of Vuranda is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ellis Wolford with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.311 billion Vurandans 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Griphets. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Vurandan economy, worth 747 trillion 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 173,398 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abattoirs are struggling with the directive to 'wait until the animal dies of a ripe old age', spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and one can wake up in Vuranda and have breakfast in Bigtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vuranda's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vuranda is ranked 4,307^th in the world and 101^st in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.35 law-abiding acts per hour.