The Matriarchy of St Veronica is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, devout population of 257 million St Veronicans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 58.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped St Veronican economy, worth 8.56 trillion Marks 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 Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 33,323 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Veronica's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

St Veronica is ranked 128,590^th in the world and 15^th in Enomenos for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 593.44 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.