The Empire of Verconia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Vercon with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, soft-spoken computers, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.512 billion Verconians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

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 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Verconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,564 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 283,763 vercoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The freedom to be free is always just out of reach, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, government officials across Verconia are being "encouraged" to adopt Falcons to set an example for the populace, and the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Verconian Navy. 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 1,408^th in the world and 26^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 903.14 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.