The Colony of New Verisium is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Governor Leahy with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.503 billion Verisiumians 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 tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of First Landing. The average income tax rate is 3.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Verisiumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,468 trillion Verisian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 266,800 Verisian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Monarchs only get custody of the royal crown on holidays and weekends, sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed, billions of Verisian Dollars are spent to take high-quality photos of the Verisian Eagle Nebula, and train stations have more platforms than a 1970s disco. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Verisium's national animal is the Verisian Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

New Verisium is ranked 264,846^th in the world and 2^nd in Veris Administrative Region for Safest, scoring 13.49 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.