The Federated Bailiwicks of Verdant Haven is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Iskandar Viridi with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.795 billion Havenians 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 Environment, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haventia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Verdant Havenian economy, worth a remarkable 3,458 trillion Verdethalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 270,318 Verdethalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned, the government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, the government raises tariffs on a weekly basis, and the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Verdant Haven's national animal is the Thylacine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verdant Haven is ranked 3,992^nd in the world and 38^th in Forest for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 621.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.