The Matriarchy of St Veronica is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 194 million St Veronicans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 58.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped St Veronican economy, worth 6.46 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Information Technology. Average income is 33,323 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Veronica's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

St Veronica is ranked 56,491^st in the world and 4^th in Enomenos for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,978.13 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.