The Liberal Tropical Emirates of Velkia and the Islands is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Protectorate Pika Paquet with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 20.373 billion Velkia Islanders love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Education, with Social Policy, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Four Corners. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Velkian economy, worth a remarkable 4,968 trillion Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 243,860 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, Protectorate Pika Paquet is spearheading a new fashion trend of wearing swimming goggles and medieval armour, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Velkia and the Islands. Crime is totally unknown. Velkia and the Islands's national animal is the Breegull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Velkia and the Islands is ranked 1,278^th in the world and 27^th in Forest for Most Developed, scoring 97.44 on the Human Development Index.