The Mischief of Vermyn is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Big Rat with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.799 billion Vermynians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gorgonzola. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Vermynian economy, worth 49.8 trillion slices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 27,680 slices, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, moles make up an incredible part of the upper crust, there's a bright dawn ahead for Vermyn, and ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vermyn's national animal is the rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vermyn is ranked 295,680^th in the world and 3,689^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 27,680.29 Standard Monetary Units.