The Glorious Dominion of Convaria is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Sovereign Luetred Nylray with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.015 billion Convarians 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 relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wrocksall. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Convarian economy, worth a remarkable 3,466 trillion Rikes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 266,372 Rikes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 863,664 per year while the poor average 61,991, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Convarian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, Big Beef has a steak in national politics, owners of man-portable particle accelerator backpacks are advised not to cross the streams, and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Convaria's national animal is the Aurochs, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Convaria is ranked 2,582^nd in the world and 7^th in Fifth Empire for Most Developed, scoring 97.66 on the Human Development Index.