The Federated Bailiwicks of Verdant Haven is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Iskandar Viridi with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.875 billion Havenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, 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 economy, worth a remarkable 5,676 trillion Verdethalers a year, is 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 317,560 Verdethalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander, and the nation's space program is doxxing the planet. 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 2,836^th in the world and 24^th in Forest for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 718.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.