The United Socialist States of Ventera is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lucifia Gale with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.058 billion Venterans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Galedom. The average income tax rate is 86.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Venteran economy, worth 100 trillion Fiamins 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 Trout Farming. Average income is 94,934 Fiamins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous, the tenet of free speech is held dear, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, and trains and passengers alike are often late. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ventera's national animal is the Snow Leapord, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ventera is ranked 8,784^th in the world and 48^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,880.32 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.