The Kingdom of Variland is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Simon IV with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.164 billion Varics have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stanmoore. The average income tax rate is 35.7%.

The powerhouse Varish economy, worth 213 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 98,795 Denarii, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and the government airlifts sacrificial lambs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Variland's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Variland is ranked 24,847^th in the world and 248^th in Europeia for Most Cultured, scoring 83 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.