The Dubiously Watery Onion of Viriske is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Stem Viriske with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed population of 1.847 billion Viriskites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Main Stem. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Viriskean economy, worth 255 trillion Spores a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 138,394 Spores, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Viriske's national animal is the Pill Bug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is smth shroom related.

Viriske is ranked 186,448^th in the world and 12^th in Endless Highway for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 208.52 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.