The Glorious Empire of Venkara is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Sark Salazar with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.378 billion Venkarans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viqilam. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Venkaran economy, worth a remarkable 6,098 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 372,344 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, even doll houses and dog kennels have to be able to withstand rigorous earthquake testing, and urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Venkara's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Religious Freedom.

Venkara is ranked 795^th in the world and 1^st in Northern Utopia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 178.63 law-abiding acts per hour.