The Democratic Republic of Vardanyia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by General Secretary Artem Zaryan with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.765 billion Vardanyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Proletorsk. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vardanyian economy, worth 473 trillion Zoryns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 171,108 Zoryns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All facts are created equal, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, and the 'three Rs' have become the 'four Rs' with the addition of Rightful Thought. Crime is totally unknown. Vardanyia's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Vardanyia is ranked 318,708^th in the world and 480^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.63 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.