The Panoptikon of Varanius is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Vauron with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, anti-smoking policies, and national health service. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 10.145 billion Entities are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zygotia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Entitian economy, worth a remarkable 2,525 trillion Jarlic Jewels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 248,953 Jarlic Jewels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, jailbreaking is the best-selling book category of the year, and power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varanius's national animal is the thing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ego-Varaism.

Varanius is ranked 844^th in the world and 9^th in the West Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 5,700.35 on the Clooney Contribution Index.