The Christmas Winter Wonderland of Virifortis is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, conspicuous electricity pylons, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.68 billion Virifortisians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Virifortisian economy, worth 792 trillion Candy Canes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 143,889 Candy Canes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Mandatory state-funded classes teach Libertarianism, Virifortis's nuclear power is imported from neighbouring countries, the government has pinkie-promised never to use its veto power except in an emergency, and the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Virifortis's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Virifortis is ranked 46,310^th in the world and 601^st in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 33.53 flags saluted per person per day.