The Colourful Land of Viridiann is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by some nerd with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 20.022 billion Sylvar live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The average income tax rate is 1.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Virescent economy, worth a remarkable 3,677 trillion chips a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 183,662 chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Sex-ed is child's play, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, and the ego of former emperors tend to match their stature. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Viridiann's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Julianism.

Viridiann is ranked 281,059^th in the world and 3,962^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.13 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.