The Thomas More Utopia of Varangiana is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by High King Robert II with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.847 billion Varangians 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 Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Walsingham. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Varangian economy, worth 532 trillion Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 109,800 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, Varangian military drills look more like joint-The UMNS exercises than anything else, and a state-funded project is investigating whether the moon is made of cheese. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varangiana's national animal is the Crossbill, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Varangiana is ranked 136,925^th in the world and 215^th in The UMNS for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,982.26 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.