The Holy Empire of Veyreth is a large, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 107 million Veyrethians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Veyrethian economy, worth 3.35 trillion Imperial Crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 31,298 Imperial Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious classes are compulsory for all school students, courtrooms can be a little sketchy, "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows, and sociologists ponder how baby-napped ethnic minority 'runaways' could have gone so bad so soon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Veyreth's national animal is the White Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Veyreth is ranked 314,209^th in the world and 2^nd in The Federal Sphere for Largest Black Market, with 6.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.