The Pirate Territories of Venatori Rhoeas is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Captain Norio Astas with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.163 billion Venatori Rhoeasians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Spirituality are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Plunder Port. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Venatori Rhoeasian economy, worth 223 trillion Gold Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 191,879 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

This year's hottest seller is plenary indulgence, new religious sects are squashed immediately by the government, the standard prescription for infertility-causing conditions is "go have a baby", and a signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that she is in fact a crook after all. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Venatori Rhoeas's national animal is the Royal Parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cervus Sanguis.

Venatori Rhoeas is ranked 17,500^th in the world and 15^th in Lone Wolves United for Most Patriotic, with 56.12 flags saluted per person per day.