The Panoptikon of Varanius is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Vauron with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 10.122 billion Entities are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zygotia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Entitian economy, worth a remarkable 2,521 trillion Jarlic Jewels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 249,103 Jarlic Jewels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, the banhammer is a standard police sidearm, and the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varanius's national animal is the thing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ego-Varaism.

Varanius is ranked 1,453^rd in the world and 20^th in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 154.8 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.