The Republic of Venice-Beach is a mid-sized, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 56 million Venice-Beachians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Venice-Beachian economy, worth 1.44 trillion American Dollars 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 25,715 American Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, the same 56 social media bloggers always loudly and immediately agree with Leader's every word on Twitcher, and citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Venice-Beach's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Venice-Beach is ranked 225,597^th in the world and 71^st in The Toastic Assembly for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.07 percentage of bribes refused.