The Empire of Verconia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Vercon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.35 billion Verconians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veltcona. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,523 trillion vercoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 284,845 vercoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, Verconian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, and the overhead luggage compartment is often full. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verconia's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Machina Deus.

Verconia is ranked 2,085^th in the world and 47^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 143.5 law-abiding acts per hour.