The Queendom of Vespergale is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Asta Bonnet with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, infamous sell-swords, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 16.558 billion Vespergalians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Natrim. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vespergalian economy, worth a remarkable 1,869 trillion Scalieses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,876 Scalieses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Basic multiplication is all you need to know to have a child, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vespergale's national animal is the Serpantin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fontransi.

Vespergale is ranked 263,656^th in the world and 34^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Safest, scoring 10.88 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.