The People's Republic of Varscanien is a small, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 40 million Varscaniers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Varscanier economy, worth 1.51 trillion rubles a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,732 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50, pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, and shady doctors seem to have impeccable records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varscanien's national animal is the siberian tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Varscanien is ranked 53,859^th in the world and 27^th in Socialists for Most Patriotic, with 25.9 flags saluted per person per day.