The Occultia Automata of Vleerian is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Vleerian Ravagia with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.289 billion swarm 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 medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atrangador. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.4%.

The frighteningly efficient the swarm economy, worth 839 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 195,632 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,764,383 per year while the poor average 2,653, a ratio of 665 to 1.

A small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, no one cares when it's your birthday, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, and citizens must pay to enjoy Vleerian's pristine beaches. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vleerian's national animal is the Aisel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Curphosim.

Vleerian is ranked 292,356^th in the world and 272^nd in The Brotherhood of Malice for Lowest Crime Rates, with 6.44 law-abiding acts per hour.