The Federal Republic of Vesuva is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nissa Revane with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, unlimited-speed roads, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.321 billion Vesuvans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changeling. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Vesuvan economy, worth a remarkable 2,160 trillion Vesuvan dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 162,224 Vesuvan dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most ambassadors from Vesuva retire only a few years after being appointed, Nissa Revane is called 'Patches' at international summits, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, and children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesuva's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesuva is ranked 4,858^th in the world and 463^rd in The North Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 80.77 Bank.