The Holy Empire of THE V0ID is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Beelzebub with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.074 billion V0IDians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eldritch Rift. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The frighteningly efficient V0IDian economy, worth 181 trillion Souls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 169,291 Souls, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 845,193 per year while the poor average 19,090, a ratio of 44.3 to 1.

Trespassers entering Beelzebub's office are immediately vaporized, awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown, people are often woken up by rubbish music, and the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. THE V0ID's national animal is the Purple worm, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Voidizem.

THE V0ID is ranked 80,659^th in the world and 1,396^th in The East Pacific for Highest Economic Output, with 181 trillion Standard Monetary Units.