The Empire of Industrial Victoria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Governor Underblood with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, parental licensing program, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 9.414 billion Industrial Victorians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Melbourne. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Industrial Victorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,336 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 141,930 Pounds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 840,280 per year while the poor average 11,062, a ratio of 76.0 to 1.

There is no such thing as an innocent fling in the Industrial Victorian military, ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, the "good old days" of road traffic accidents and smog-filled cities are back, and people still need you and they still feed you when you're sixty-five. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Industrial Victoria's national animal is the Grey Kangaroo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Industrial Victoria is ranked 139,708^th in the world and 95^th in Union of Christian Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.86 law-abiding acts per hour.