The Empire of Septavia is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 341 million Septavians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 58.7%.

The all-consuming Septavian economy, worth 32.3 trillion Talons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,707 Talons, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 451,493 per year while the poor average 11,674, a ratio of 38.7 to 1.

Animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, and renewable energy projects have ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Septavia's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Septavia is ranked 73,598^th in the world and 787^th in the West Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 58.71 Effective Tax Rate.