The Republic of Variz is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Albert Mensah with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.038 billion Varizians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beulah. The average income tax rate is 63.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Varizian economy, worth 124 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 119,801 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", a milk bath costs more than bathing in money, suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks, and heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Dollar treacle machine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Variz's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Variz is ranked 221,642^nd in the world and 32^nd in Lorania for Most Primitive, scoring -200.51 on the Scary Big Number Scale.