The Federal Republic of Vernius is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by William Bragg with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 19.709 billion Verniusians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brookline. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Verniusian economy, worth 898 trillion vern marks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,611 vern marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Vernius's radio stations, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vernius's national animal is the Vernian tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vernius is ranked 96,281^st in the world and 3,222^nd in Osiris for Most Primitive, scoring -7.07 on the Scary Big Number Scale.