The Republic of Varnigodsk is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Vladimir Vladislavovych Grodsky with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 18.12 billion Varnigodskians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varnigorod. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Varnigodskian economy, worth a remarkable 3,312 trillion Varnillian 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 182,787 Varnillian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varnigodsk's national animal is the Aquila Heliaca, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular.

Varnigodsk is ranked 253,764^th in the world and 13,732^nd in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.26 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.