The Republic of Vertu Jacobine is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 488 million Vertu Jacobineans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phrygia. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Vertu Jacobinean economy, worth 41.9 trillion spierres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 85,801 spierres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven, families make most of their annual income from government benefits, and voters are one of the nation's top imports. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vertu Jacobine's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vertu Jacobine is ranked 23,492^nd in the world and 2^nd in Bormla for Smartest Citizens, with 63.49 quips per hour.