The Wine Dark Sea of Visayas-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, parental licensing program, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed population of 28.311 billion Visayas-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 48.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Visayas-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,472 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,331 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

People on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful procedures, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, the government is under the thumb of countless special interests, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Visayas-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Visayas-1 is ranked 294,813^th in the world and 1^st in Visayas for Nicest Citizens, with 1.26 average smiles per day.