The Versian Empire of Middle Vers is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Asseylum Vers Allusia V with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, strictly enforced bedtime, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.608 billion Versians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capria. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Versian economy, worth a remarkable 6,816 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 587,221 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

There's never enough space in space, to 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase, the clergy of Versianism remains a single-sex institution, and 90% of active duty MVAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Middle Vers's national animal is the Versian eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Versianism.

Middle Vers is ranked 276,535^th in the world and 134^th in Institute of Cellulose for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 7,046.66 Standard Monetary Units.