The Democratic Republic of Vardanyia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by General Secretary Artem Zaryan with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.758 billion Vardanyians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Proletorsk. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vardanyian economy, worth 470 trillion Zoryns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 170,659 Zoryns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, students eagerly await homework from their gaming class, and it's been a banner year for local vexillology. Crime is totally unknown. Vardanyia's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Vardanyia is ranked 182,302^nd in the world and 355^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Populations, with 2.76 billion capita.