The Empire of Vicoria is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, otherworldly petting zoo, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.638 billion Vicorians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vicorian economy, worth 624 trillion marks 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 Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 171,787 marks, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, and midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vicoria's national animal is the Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Vicoria is ranked 26,590^th in the world and 49^th in Europeia for Largest Black Market, with 85.4 trillion Standard Monetary Units.