The Beach Community of Venetian Court is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Venetian Court with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 8.916 billion Venetian Courtians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Venetian Court. The average income tax rate is 44.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Venetian Courtian economy, worth 970 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 108,817 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, the dolphin is a protected species, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, and homophobia is off the menu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Venetian Court's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Paganism.

Venetian Court is ranked 55,151^st in the world and 3^rd in Capitola for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,566.86 on the Gilded Widget Scale.