The Planet of Vensend is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.24 billion Vensendians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Vensendian economy, worth 220 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 98,244 Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, and mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vensend's national animal is the Farm Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vensend is ranked 28,520^th in the world and 4^th in Firmament for Most Developed, scoring 83.52 on the Human Development Index.