The Republic of Verfruit is a small, cultured nation, notable for its national health service. The democratic population of 36 million Verfrutians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 37.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Verfruitian economy, worth 1.41 trillion Darks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,063 Darks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, skin-tone prom dresses are more unpopular than ever, builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, and party affiliation is just as irrelevant as campaign promises. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verfruit's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verfruit is ranked 278,416^th in the world and 1,347^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -66.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.