The Empire of Valassyria is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Empress Zhyrreah with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.568 billion Valassyrians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Surina. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Valassyrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,183 trillion Valtis 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 slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, 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 impressive 138,110 Valtis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies, the military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valassyria's national animal is the Winged Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vrasseist Church.

Valassyria is ranked 88,968^th in the world and 3,102^nd in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 8.57 billion capita.