The Not A Raider of The Varanian Inquisition is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.999 billion Varanian Inquisitiors are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Varanian Inquisitionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,780 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 197,843 Object Permanences, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Favourite sermons have replaced campfire horror stories on teenage wilderness trips, the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", citizens have voted the song "Leader Smells Like A Question Mark" as their new national anthem, and an IT mega-corporation has a patent pending on the rectangle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Varanian Inquisition's national animal is the Question Mark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Varanian Inquisition is ranked 11,544^th in the world and 1^st in Kingly Heathens Asserting Neighborliness for Highest Average Incomes, with 197,843.08 Standard Monetary Units.