The Republic of Vurk is a huge, genial nation, notable for its smutty television, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 255 million Vurks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinigin. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Vurkian economy, worth 19.1 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 74,848 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, Vurk has designated Kinigin as its capital city, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, and politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vurk's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vurk is ranked 19,601^st in the world and 376^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,040.75 pounds of wildlife per square mile.