The Versian Empire of Middle Vers is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Asseylum Vers Allusia V with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, frequent executions, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.694 billion Versians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capria. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Versian economy, worth a remarkable 6,872 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 587,664 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, the Capria XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle, holiday-makers leave on the same clandestine boats that illegal immigrants arrive in, and diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Middle Vers's national animal is the Versian eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Versianism.

Middle Vers is ranked 280,036^th in the world and 129^th in Institute of Cellulose for Safest, scoring 5.3 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.