The Soulful Sounds of Van Morrison is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its smutty television, triple-decker prams, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.096 billion Van Morrisonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 69.8%.

The all-consuming Van Morrisonian economy, worth 770 trillion Pints a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 95,188 Pints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Banana distribution among collective farm workers is an important topic in public discourse, Leader is refusing to make decisions until the Moon is out of Capricorn, the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Van Morrison with a very polite populace, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Van Morrison's national animal is the Tupelo Honey Bee, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Van Morrison is ranked 65,019^th in the world and 6^th in Ireland for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 16,448.37 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.