The Panoptikon of Varanius is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Vauron with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and vat-grown people. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 10.128 billion Entities are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zygotia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Entitian economy, worth a remarkable 2,524 trillion Jarlic Jewels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 249,254 Jarlic Jewels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The banhammer is a standard police sidearm, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varanius's national animal is the thing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ego-Varaism.

Varanius is ranked 47,441^st in the world and 365^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 42.99 kickbacks per hour.