The Democratic Republic of Varagon is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 306 million Varagonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vallion. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Varagonian economy, worth 14.9 trillion V-Prisms a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,542 V-Prisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They say that Varagonians made a dessert and called it peace, Wavefarers are considered a delicacy, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, and rugby players that knock each other over always stop to make sure the other fellow is okay. 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 269,080^th in the world and 60^th in Wintercrest for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 24 on the Bus Surprisal Index.