Nation/Varotium

The Principality of Varotium is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prince Kharos V with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.789 billion Varotines are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varotium. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Varotiumian economy, worth 519 trillion Varacats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 137,119 Varacats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians who misplace decimal points on expense reports are fired for gross incompetence, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, and torture is illegal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varotium's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Varotium is ranked 22,933rd in the world and 1,103rd in Lazarus for Nudest, with 203.25 Cheeks Per Square Mile.