The Motherland of Manneo Varo is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, lack of airports, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 707 million Varoans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arch Haven. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Varoian economy, worth 58.3 trillion Juicetokens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,399 Juicetokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, and passengers often cause a stink on public transport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manneo Varo's national animal is the Will-O'-Wisp, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Manneo Varo is ranked 34,491^st in the world and 133^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,697.89 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.