The Empire of CVDEC is a small, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 26 million CVDECians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.7%.

The strong CVDECian economy, worth 1.37 trillion Funds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. Average income is 52,502 Funds, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending recently hit a new high, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, organ donation is compulsory, and the CVDEC City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CVDEC's national animal is the Human.

CVDEC is ranked 30,716^th in the world and 141^st in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,620.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.