The Republic of Vurk is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Director Nikishai Strix with an even hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.202 billion Vurks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinigin. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vurkian economy, worth 162 trillion VCRS 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 135,128 VCRS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Vurk" at foreigners, wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, and high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vurk's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vurk is ranked 71,268^th in the world and 382^nd in Europe for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 71.17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.