The Matriarchy of Velorida is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.743 billion Veloridans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velora. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.2%.

The all-consuming Veloridan economy, worth 166 trillion Tributias a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 95,417 Tributias, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 489,776 per year while the poor average 10,179, a ratio of 48.1 to 1.

Society has literally been thrown to the wolves, it's entirely possible foreign diplomats misheard when Velorida offered the words "peace be upon you", unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, and the most ambitious parents buy a dozen lottery scratch-cards each week for their kids. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Velorida's national animal is the Hyena, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Velorida is ranked 208,606^th in the world and 3^rd in Atropia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.