The Empire of Varaanus is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 12.991 billion Varaanals 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 enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.6%.

The Varaanal economy, worth 560 trillion draxes a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 43,149 draxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, the police double as repo men, Varaanal politics is literally a blood sport, and children are sent to either religious or secular schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varaanus's national animal is the Varaanal Royal Dragon.

Varaanus is ranked 136,061^st in the world and 29^th in The Eighth Closet for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.36 law-abiding acts per hour.