The Glorious Dominion of Convaria is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Sovereign Luetred Nylray with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.229 billion Convarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wrocksall. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Convarian economy, worth a remarkable 3,450 trillion Rikes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 260,842 Rikes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 744,680 per year while the poor average 72,816, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

Concussed Aurochsball players cannot remember their lineup position, leisure is a crime in ski towns, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and asylum seekers have voted Convaria as best layover destination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Convaria's national animal is the Aurochs, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Convaria is ranked 2,682^nd in the world and 7^th in Fifth Empire for Most Developed, scoring 97.61 on the Human Development Index.