The Republic of Vara 1 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.447 billion Vara 1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Vara 1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,329 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 178,591 Object Permanences, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 708,367 per year while the poor average 30,407, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Vara 1's national animal is the Question Mark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vara 1 is ranked 33,149^th in the world and 56^th in Eye for Highest Food Quality, scoring 55.48 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.