The Federal Republic of Vesuva is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Marina Vendrell with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 21.586 billion Vesuvans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changeling. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Vesuvan economy, worth a remarkable 3,402 trillion Vesuvan dollars 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 Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,617 Vesuvan dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

According to the latest national census as many as two-thirds of the respondents possibly consider 'violet' their favorite color, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Vesuva, the Great Vesuvan Melting Pot boils out ethnic heritage, and park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesuva's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesuva is ranked 21,690^th in the world and 610^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 157,617.67 Standard Monetary Units.