The Union of People's Republics of Verilyx is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Ioseph Koba with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 9.26 billion Verilyxians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vytergrad. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Verilyxian economy, worth 739 trillion Vyrs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 79,885 Vyrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, and passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verilyx's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verilyx is ranked 227,560^th in the world and 23^rd in Greater Alphan Empire for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.92 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.