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The Free Land of Varhat is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by no one in particular with an even hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.862 billion Varhatians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Environment and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nehemiah. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Varhatian economy, worth 360 trillion Ingrands a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 125,817 Ingrands, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 386,110 per year while the poor average 31,715, a ratio of 12.2 to 1.

No one in particular is considering changing the nation's name to Blackacre, corporations make thousands by intentionally losing billions, the government is dead set on letting people rest in peace, and seafood restaurants regularly receive complaints that the food is still moving. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Varhat's national animal is the Chihuahua, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Varhat is ranked 72,234^th in the world and 5^th in VinCorp for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,083.87 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.