The Federated Bailiwicks of Verdant Haven is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Iskandar Viridi with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.774 billion Havenians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haventia. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Verdant Havenian economy, worth 943 trillion Verdethalers a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,245 Verdethalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow, the treehouse in Thylacine Park is the tallest building in Verdant Haven, and sales of trenchcoats are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Verdant Haven's national animal is the Thylacine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verdant Haven is ranked 203,971^st in the world and 367^th in Forest for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring zero on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.