The Free Land of Veterans Association is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 572 million Veterans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The relatively small, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Veteran economy, worth 71.2 trillion Loots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 124,556 Loots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Disaster relief budgets are growing like wildfire, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', Veteran husbands are dead good at fathering kids, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Veterans Association's national animal is the Black Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Veterans Association is ranked 179,432^nd in the world and 5,597^th in The East Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 185.18 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.