The Traitors of The Word Bearers is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.462 billion Word Bearers enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The thriving Word Bearer economy, worth 223 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 64,660 Credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,383 per year while the poor average 12,546, a ratio of 18.8 to 1.

Foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that The Word Bearers will pay them to stop, elections have been outlawed, military spending is on the increase, and bicyclists are banned from major roads. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Word Bearers's national animal is the Aquila.

The Word Bearers is ranked 6,360^th in the world and 1^st in Thee Imperium of Man for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,297.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.