The Ascendancy of Velthia is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.152 billion Velthians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Worldia Megalopolis. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Velthian economy, worth 391 trillion Resources a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 124,345 Resources, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, and immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs. Crime is totally unknown. Velthia's national animal is the Everything, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Near Death Experiences.

Velthia is ranked 209,399^th in the world and 119^th in MHBs New Earth for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 30,464.69 Standard Monetary Units.