The Republic of Vespurg is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 247 million Vespurgians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 24.3%.

The thriving Vespurgian economy, worth 18.3 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,157 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

All mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, bargain-hunting is considered unpatriotic, ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, and shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vespurg's national animal is the horned snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vespurg is ranked 109,373^rd in the world and 2,101^st in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,825.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.