The Empire of Vetron is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, devout population of 723 million Vetronians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of sosonian. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vetronian economy, worth 81.0 trillion vetons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 111,979 vetons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of falcons and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry, the police have nothing to do with the increasing number of 'disappeared', and Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vetron's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Vetron is ranked 70,568^th in the world and 3,712^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 25.51 kickbacks per hour.