The Kingdom of New Vardarland is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 697 million Vardarlandics enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velesburg. The average income tax rate is 32.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vardarlandic economy, worth 56.6 trillion Vardarlandic Denars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,137 Vardarlandic Denars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, and burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Vardarland's national animal is the Vardarlandic Mountain Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Vardarland is ranked 133,029^th in the world and 634^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 762.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.