The Empire of Vothenia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 532 million Vothenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 16.5%.

The strong Vothenian economy, worth 35.1 trillion Váçs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 65,921 Váçs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Members of majority races are forced out of their homes to make way for Bigtopians, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, and throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Vothenia's national animal is the Pear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vothenia is ranked 64,585^th in the world and 4^th in Paraxias Storage for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 3,141.8 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.