The Most Serene Republic of Venezia Pacifica is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Enrico Dándolo with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.351 billion Veneziani enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Venezia. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Venezian economy, worth 343 trillion Grossoes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,496 Grossoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and the number of students attending university has reached a record high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Venezia Pacifica's national animal is the Lion of Saint Mark, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarianism.

Venezia Pacifica is ranked 7,223^rd in the world and 236^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,882.53 pounds of wildlife per square mile.