The Republic of Verchy Keeper 209 is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its burgeoning sheep population. The cynical population of 327 million Verchy Keeper 209ians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Verchy Keeper 209ian economy, worth 9.64 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 29,468 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verchy Keeper 209's national animal is the sheep.

Verchy Keeper 209 is ranked 226,618^th in the world and 1^st in Copyhus for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.