The Empire of Verconia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Vercon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.183 billion Verconians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veltcona. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,090 trillion Vercoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 260,690 Vercoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most pop videos prominently feature the Verconian flag, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Verconian as 'your finger, you fool', Verconian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Emperor Vercon, and modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verconia's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Machina Deus.

Verconia is ranked 18,679^th in the world and 329^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,847.06 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.