The Republic of Verklaerte Nacht is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 967 million Verklaerte Nachtians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 28.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Verklaerte Nachtian economy, worth 34.0 trillion headpats a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,121 headpats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps, clerics are taught that silence is golden and duct tape is silver, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and structures are raised on promises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verklaerte Nacht's national animal is the catgirl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verklaerte Nacht is ranked 234,076^th in the world and 8^th in CARON for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.16 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.