The United Provinces of Ventelia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Mertkan with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, rampant corporate plagiarism, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 25.483 billion Ventelians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flouse. The average income tax rate is 8.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ventelian economy, worth a remarkable 4,870 trillion Argels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 191,109 Argels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, people are left scratching their heads at the government's decisions, and foreign policy is based upon the principle of sieve and take. Crime is totally unknown. Ventelia's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ventelia is ranked 120,178^th in the world and 420^th in Europe for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,984.35 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.