The Armed Republic of Violent Trees is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Big Branch with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.564 billion Violent Forest enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Firm Pine Forest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Violent Treesinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,205 trillion Pinecones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 216,608 Pinecones, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,166,757 per year while the poor average 20,906, a ratio of 55.8 to 1.

Foreign workers are flooding in as Pinecones flood out, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, and the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Violent Trees's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Herbology.

Violent Trees is ranked 4,591^st in the world and 204^th in Lazarus for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 21 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.