The Tsardom of Vetus dies is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Tsar Sípos Kristóf the II with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.443 billion Diesians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Revium. The average income tax rate is 50.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Vetus diesian economy, worth 152 trillion Karrs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 105,496 Karrs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, the banhammer is a standard police sidearm, and pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vetus dies's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vetus dies is ranked 83,221^st in the world and 5^th in The Association of Fellow Nations for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,050.94 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.