The Democratic Republic of Vardanyia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by General Secretary Artem Zaryan with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.722 billion Vardanyians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Proletorsk. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vardanyian economy, worth 460 trillion Zoryns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 169,277 Zoryns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, pranking is an art form, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, and lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed. Crime is totally unknown. Vardanyia's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Vardanyia is ranked 297,221^st in the world and 496^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.85 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.