The Communist Republic of Vanania is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Markus Azilau with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.626 billion Vananians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Houkana. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vananian economy, worth a remarkable 1,136 trillion Exeles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 131,797 Exeles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, it's considered a valid legal defence to say "a demon made me do it", one little fight can find you movin' to be the fresh prince of Ilba, and sporting events are the biggest source of funding for Vananian schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vanania's national animal is the Crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vanania is ranked 9,537^th in the world and 2^nd in Rise Of Nations Wiki Alliance for Largest Black Market, with 572 trillion Standard Monetary Units.