The Colony of Vantanas is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 45.308 billion Vantanasians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but sluggish Vantanasian economy, worth a remarkable 1,002 trillion imperial credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 22,124 imperial credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Education and welfare spending are on the rise, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, and sex changes are routinely performed at Vantanas's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vantanas's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vantanas is ranked 212,219^th in the world and 1^st in Exile for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 30.5 on the Bus Surprisal Index.