The Continental Union of The Verusan Continent is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 9.983 billion Verusans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Verusan economy, worth 281 trillion Yuktobanian rubles 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 28,172 Yuktobanian rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, and roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Verusan Continent's national animal is the Yuktobanian deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Verusan Continent is ranked 61,003^rd in the world and 54^th in The Internationale for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.58 law-abiding acts per hour.