The Aristocratic Republic of Verdon is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its smutty television, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate population of 12.728 billion Verdonians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Camarga. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Verdonian economy, worth 933 trillion Escus a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,380 Escus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious education is a new government priority, the comic book series 'Leader and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, and even religious militants can be swayed by the power of #love. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verdon's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verdon is ranked 68,963^rd in the world and 62^nd in The Western Isles for Highest Drug Use, scoring 82.6 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.