The Republic of Vross is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 168 million Vrossians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Vrossian economy, worth 9.53 trillion Doubloons a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,730 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Shopkeepers use microscopes to verify the authenticity of banknotes, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, governments opposing Vross are beset by rebels, and immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vross's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vross is ranked 158,106^th in the world and 76^th in Aeternas for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 987.72 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.