The Republic of Verdant Groves is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, soft-spoken computers, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.894 billion Verdant Grovesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hilo. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verdant Grovesian economy, worth 459 trillion Kukuis 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 158,624 Kukuis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A sudden shout of "surprise!" does not herald a party for teachers, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Verdant Grovesian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, and stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Verdant Groves's national animal is the Pueo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Aloha Aina.

Verdant Groves is ranked 12,560^th in the world and 250^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.1 law-abiding acts per hour.