The Beautiful Islands of Velmireth is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its public floggings, disturbing lack of elderly people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.543 billion Velmirethians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Sparklia City. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Velmirethian economy, worth 97.0 trillion Palm Leaveses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 62,859 Palm Leaveses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", and crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Velmireth's national animal is the Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Velmireth is ranked 31,523^rd in the world and 39^th in The Wellspring for Nicest Citizens, with 19.85 average smiles per day.