The Commonwealth of Velossia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Deneth Aleski with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 31.743 billion Velossians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lindblum. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Velossian economy, worth a remarkable 6,259 trillion velossian dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 197,185 velossian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Velossia's national animal is the Palinese tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Velossia is ranked 4,789^th in the world and 243^rd in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 575.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.