The Republic of Vaeruio is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 11.546 billion Vaeruioans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Vaeruioan economy, worth 885 trillion Pesollis a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 76,670 Pesollis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Formerly internationally exported goods are now given away for free, there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, hordes of tourists are ruining the environment, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaeruio's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vaeruio is ranked 174,590^th in the world and 17^th in Hartfelden for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 147.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.