The Republic of Vertigoism is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Vert with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 6.736 billion Vertigoes are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Vertigo. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vertigoese economy, worth a remarkable 1,236 trillion Vertigoese guilders a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,554 Vertigoese guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People are often woken up by rubbish music, the government has pledged that not one drop of its citizens' blood will be spilt, posing for pictures is an integral part of military training, and mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of deer and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vertigoism's national animal is the deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Vertigoism is ranked 196,140^th in the world and 2,549^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,957.5 Standard Monetary Units.