The Democratic Republic of Truth and Technologies is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 683 million Verusians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Library of Alexandria. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Verusian economy, worth 59.2 trillion Triploons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 86,664 Triploons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime is totally unknown. Truth and Technologies's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Truth and Technologies is ranked 306,565^th in the world and 4,943^rd in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.6 flags saluted per person per day.