The Empire of Verconia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Vercon with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, soft-spoken computers, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 6.689 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, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veltcona. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,982 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 296,372 vercoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, even secular Verconians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", the people's love for Emperor Vercon is little more than self-preservation, and a vast monorail network carries people all over the country. 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 secularism.

Verconia is ranked 16,986^th in the world and 256^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 6,349.3 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.