The Republic of Virmona is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 4.289 billion Virmonans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.4%.

The all-consuming Virmonan economy, worth 423 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 98,673 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

New safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Virmona to be bombproof, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Virmona's national animal is the Lynx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Virmona is ranked 55,670^th in the world and 23^rd in Valerian Reach for Most Developed, scoring 76.08 on the Human Development Index.