The Kingdom of Variland is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Simon IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.201 billion Varics 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stanmoore. The average income tax rate is 34.3%.

The powerhouse Varish economy, worth 220 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 99,966 Denarii, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Variland's many privately-owned prisons, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Varics like vultures, posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables, and employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Variland's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Variland is ranked 75,098^th in the world and 402^nd in Europeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 127.87 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.