The Free Land of Verum Ingenium is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ashton with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.831 billion Verum Ingenians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Verum. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verum Ingeniumian economy, worth 565 trillion Mynets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,915 Mynets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest, a shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, and "Idol-Worship for the Apathetic" workshops are cancelled when no-one bothers to show up. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verum Ingenium's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is None.

Verum Ingenium is ranked 7,178^th in the world and 348^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.39 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.