The Imperium of Velkrieg is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Haydreich with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, strictly enforced bedtime, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.281 billion Velkriegians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gravemind. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Velkriegian economy, worth a remarkable 1,786 trillion Velkens a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 215,778 Velkens, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

The prisoners of Azkatraz have a new emperor, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Velkrieg's national animal is the Eel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Velkrieg is ranked 13,700^th in the world and 2^nd in World of Lostoria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 370.8 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.