The Democratic Republic of Varagon is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 705 million Varagonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vallion. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Varagonian economy, worth 39.2 trillion V-Prisms a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,636 V-Prisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, private law firms are unheard of, and the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varagon's national animal is the Wavefarer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Varagon is ranked 85,595^th in the world and 33^rd in Wintercrest for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,127.59 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.