The Federation of Ventegon is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Esteemed Leader Leonid Volkavich with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.211 billion Ventegonians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Torskavik. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ventegonian economy, worth 512 trillion Vetegoes 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 121,700 Vetegoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school, sick Ventegonians are hair today and gone tomorrow, and every computer glitch triggers an immediate counter-espionage response. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ventegon's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Ventegonian National Church.

Ventegon is ranked 271,831^st in the world and 14,672^nd in Osiris for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 442.03 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.