The Federal Republic of Vesuva is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kasmina of Strixhaven with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.801 billion Vesuvans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changeling. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Vesuvan economy, worth a remarkable 2,251 trillion Vesuvan dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 163,117 Vesuvan dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, money grows on trees, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesuva's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesuva is ranked 242,453^rd in the world and 9,244^th in The North Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.12 Weapons Per Person.