The Intersecting Ideas of VeniConfluence is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.924 billion VeniConfluenceans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient VeniConfluencean economy, worth 410 trillion Rivers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,360 Rivers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of VeniConfluencean democracy, and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. VeniConfluence's national animal is the Weather Systems, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

VeniConfluence is ranked 29,701^st in the world and 1,692^nd in Balder for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,684.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.