The Republic of Vara 24 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.909 billion Vara 24ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 77.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vara 24ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,044 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,120 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, the word 'elite' appears as a synonym for various insults in the Vara 24ian Colonial Thesaurus, the navy plans patrols according to how many pubs nearby ports have, and worrywarts have started advocating for a paint ban. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vara 24's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vara 24 is ranked 274,917^th in the world and 719^th in Eye for Most Beautiful Environments, with 8 pounds of wildlife per square mile.