The Federation of Verila is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 23.527 billion Verilans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Verilan economy, worth 677 trillion Verilan gollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 28,800 Verilan gollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verila's national animal is the Verilan Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Verila is ranked 292,680^th in the world and 11,206^th in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 46.86 on the Human Development Index.