The Republic of Vertu Jacobine is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 268 million Vertu Jacobineans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phrygia. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vertu Jacobinean economy, worth 18.0 trillion spierres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 67,037 spierres, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vertu Jacobine's national animal is the crow.

Vertu Jacobine is ranked 43,149^th in the world and 3^rd in Bormla for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.