The Socialist Republic of Varagon is a huge, genial nation, notable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 784 million Varagonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vallion. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Varagonian economy, worth 44.6 trillion V-Prisms a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,860 V-Prisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, and the Federal Council of Varagon has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varagon's national animal is the Wavefarer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Varagon is ranked 5,049^th in the world and 4^th in Wintercrest for Safest, scoring 128.71 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.