The Empire of Vertuza is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by JeongJam with an iron fist, and remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.698 billion Jungers 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xcyv. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vertuzan economy, worth 678 trillion Jungs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,412 Jungs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, netizens fiercely argue over who loves JeongJam more, truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon, and high school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vertuza's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vertuza is ranked 9,639^th in the world and 459^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 415.66 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.