The Dubiously Watery Onion of Viriske is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Stem Viriske with an even hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 2.005 billion Viriskites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Industry, Administration, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Main Stem. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Viriskean economy, worth 279 trillion Spores a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 139,198 Spores, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Viriske, vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR, the new Viriskean-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage, and senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Viriske's national animal is the Pill Bug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fungi Worship.

Viriske is ranked 175,442^nd in the world and 18^th in Endless Highway for Most Politically Free, scoring 54.67 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.