The Principality of Vesperelle is a very large, genial nation, notable for its digital currency, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 367 million Vesperelleans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.1%.

The all-consuming Vesperellean economy, worth 35.8 trillion crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 97,474 crowns, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory miniature radios, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles, the moral worth of national allies is judged by their GDP, and it turns out that trees grow on crowns. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Vesperelle's national animal is the Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesperelle is ranked 74,048^th in the world and 76^th in Eladria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 129.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.