The Confederated Municipalities of Varon is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arbitrator Reingard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.884 billion Varonians 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, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Renegav. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Varonian economy, worth 717 trillion Yunirs 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 184,701 Yunirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals in Varon are too busy serving the needs of The Communist Bloc to see Varonians, community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home, therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads, and welfare funding has recently gone through the roof. Crime is totally unknown. Varon's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Varon is ranked 5,503^rd in the world and 97^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 540.94 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.